Old Persian

American  

noun

1. an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. OPers

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Old Persian British  

noun

1. an ancient language belonging to the West Iranian branch of the Indo-European family, recorded in cuneiform inscriptions of the 6th to the 4th centuries _bc See also Middle Persian

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Old Persian

So deep do the Iranian roots of nirvana run that even the English word “paradise” comes from paridaida, the Old Persian term for walled garden.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

Charlie Appleby, his trainer, has a 50% strike-rate in Breeders’ Cup races and has been aiming Old Persian at Saturday’s race for many months.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2019

Accordingly over 200 proper and personal names in Armenia were Old Persian, as well as 700 names of things.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

In the next century the study of Sanskrit and Old Persian widened the field of knowledge, the science of Indo-European grammar was created, and on this followed attempts at the construction of an Indo-European mythology.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow

Meanwhile a young English officer in the East India Company's service, now Sir Henry Rawlinson, had been working in Persia unassisted, and at a distance from libraries, upon the Old Persian texts.

From A Primer of Assyriology by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce