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Old Persian en · PROPN

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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.
   • The oldest reliably dated citation is part of the Behistun inscription of Darius the Great (died 486 B.C.), which is given in transliterated Old Persian in the entry for Aryan. 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 492:

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Translations (18)

hi प्राचीन फ़ारसी (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · fa فارسی باستان (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · fr vieux perse (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · fa فارسی قدیم (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · ka ძველი სპარსული ენა (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · hy հին պարսկերեն (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · tr Eski Farsça (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · pl staroperski (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · fi muinaispersia (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · peo 𐎠𐎼𐎹 (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · hu óperzsa (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · ka ძველი სპარსული (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · de Altpersisch (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · nl Oudperzisch (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · ru древнеперсидский (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · sv fornpersiska (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · ja 古代ペルシア語 (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language) · es persa antiguo (ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language)