"Old Persian" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Old Persian}} Old Persian
  1. The ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language. Attested in Old Persian cuneiform, in the period 525 B.C.E. - 300 B.C.E.. Wikipedia link: Old Persian Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: OPers. [abbreviation] Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Persian terms Translations (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language): հին պարսկերեն (hin parskeren) (Armenian), Oudperzisch [neuter] (Dutch), muinaispersia (Finnish), vieux perse [masculine] (French), ძველი სპარსული (ʒveli sṗarsuli) (Georgian), ძველი სპარსული ენა (ʒveli sṗarsuli ena) (Georgian), Altpersisch [neuter] (German), óperzsa (Hungarian), 古代ペルシア語 (godai Perushiago) (Japanese), 𐎠𐎼𐎹 (Ariya) (Old Persian), فارسی باستان (fârsi-ye bâstân) (Persian), فارسی قدیم (fârsi-ye qadim) (Persian), staroperski [masculine] (Polish), древнеперсидский (drevnepersidskij) (Russian), persa antiguo [masculine] (Spanish), fornpersiska [common-gender] (Swedish)

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