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

In his own inscriptions, his name is given as Ḫiši'arši or Ḫiši'arša'i in Babylonian, and Khshayarsha in Old Persian.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge

The name does not occur in the Old Persian inscriptions.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

A few years later he revised it again, but his memoir upon it and upon the other Old Persian texts was not ready for publication till 1845.

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