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Old Persian

Meaning of "Old Persian" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF OLD PERSIAN

Old Persian


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OLD PERSIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Old Persian is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OLD PERSIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Old Persian

The Old Persian language is one of the two directly attested Old Iranian languages. Old Persian is the Pre-Islamic language of Persia. Old Persian appears primarily in the inscriptions, clay tablets, and seals of the Achaemenid era. Examples of Old Persian have been found in what is now present-day Iran, Bahrain, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt the most important attestation by far being the contents of the Behistun Inscription. Recent research into the vast Persepolis Fortification Archive at the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago have unearthed Old Persian tablets. This new text shows that the Old Persian language was a written language in use for practical recording and not only for royal display.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OLD PERSIAN

Old Nick · Old Norse · Old North French · Old Northwest · old one · old people´s home · Old Pretender · Old Prussian · Old Red Sandstone · old rose · Old Saxon · old school · old school tie · old skool · Old Slavic · Old Slavonic

WORDS THAT END LIKE OLD PERSIAN

Asian · Australasian · Bayesian · Belarusian · Cartesian · Caucasian · Elysian · Eurasian · Frisian · Gaussian · Indonesian · Malaysian · Middle Persian · Ossian · Parisian · Persian · Polynesian · Russian · Southeast Asian · Tunisian

Synonyms and antonyms of Old Persian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Old Persian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OLD PERSIAN

Find out the translation of Old Persian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Old Persian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Old Persian» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

古波斯语
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

antiguo persa
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Old Persian
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

पुरानी फारसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفارسية القديمة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Старый Персидского
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

persa antigo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পুরানো ফার্সি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

vieux perse
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Persia Lama
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

altpersischen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

オールド·ペルシャ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

옛 페르시아어
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Persia Lawas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Tiếng Ba Tư cũ
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பழைய பாரசீக
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

जुनी फारसी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Eski Farsça
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Old Persian
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

staroperski
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Старий Перської
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

vechi persan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Παλιά περσική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ou Persiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fornpersiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gammelpersisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Old Persian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OLD PERSIAN»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Old Persian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLD PERSIAN»

Discover the use of Old Persian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Old Persian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
A new translation of the late-tenth-century Persian epic follows its story of pre-Islamic Iran's mythic time of Creation through the seventh-century Arab invasion, tracing ancient Persia's incorporation into an expanding Islamic empire. 15 ...
Firdawsī, 2006
2
A Guide to the Old Persian Inscriptions
TO. THE. READER. This book does not claim to be a contribution to Iranian subjects. In these recent years there has been such an advancement in this line of scholarship that Sanskrit students have been compelled to surrender this field to ...
Herbert Cushing Tolman, 1893
3
An Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Rare Old Persian ...
H.O. Watson & Co, Watson, H.O., & Co., New York, John Getz. dering of animals, together with floral or foliage ornaments. An intermediate band or belt is finished with a lattice diapering. The base, being but partly covered by the running ...
H.O. Watson & Co, Watson, H.O., & Co., New York, John Getz, 1908
4
Illustrated Catalogue of Antique Oriental Weaves ... Fine ...
The Whole to be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale, the Proceeds of which are to be Turned Over to Frederick C. McLaughlin, Esquire, Trustee ... The Sale Will Take Place at the American Art Galleries ... New York, on ... January 6th, 7th, 8th and ...
Frederick C McLaughlin, 1914
5
The Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas
Old Persian is one of two Old Iranian languages which are attested in the Achaemenid royal inscriptions (see below), members of that branch of the Indo- European language family called Indo-Iranian, or Aryan (the Persians designate  ...
Roger D. Woodard, 2008
6
Persian Origins--: Early Judaeo-Persian and the Emergence of ...
Judaeo-Persian Translations of Old Persian Lexica: A Case of Linguistic Discontinuity Dan Shapira The value of Judaeo-Persian [henceforth: JP] translations of the Bible has by now become well established - not only Iranists refer to these ...
Ludwig Paul, 2003
7
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings: ...
Old Persian, Elamite and Akkadian Inscriptions 2. The Earlier Greek Sources 3. The Later Greek and Latin Sources 1. Old Persian, Elamite and Akkadian Inscriptions. Although there are twenty-one Old Persian inscriptions that date from ...
Tremper Longman III, Peter Enns, 2008
8
Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction
Even the oldest Old Persian is not very archaic compared with Avestan, being typologically quite like late Young Avestan. This suggests that Young Avestan and early Old Persian were roughly contemporaneous. Old Persian belongs to the ...
Benjamin W. Fortson, IV, 2011
9
Towards Proto-Persian: An Optimality Theoretic Historical ...
II From Old Persian to Pahlavi to Proto-Persian This dissertation will not assess language developments that occurred before the time of attestation of Old Persian, thus Old Persian shall be presented, and this chapter will trace the ...
Daniel A. Rees, 2008
10
Iranian Languages
... 250–5; Old Persian 147–53; Shughni 810–11 copula: Avestan 92, 133–4, 143 –4; Balochi 660–1; Khotanese 393–4; Khwarezmian 355; Kurdish 606–7; Middle Persian 216–17, 226–7; Old Persian 133–4; Parachi 702; Parthian 216–17, 227;  ...
Gernot Windfuhr, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLD PERSIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Old Persian is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Local Orchestra Collaborates with Iranian Composer
It's a story based off an old Persian fable that involves puppets and dancing. But to the composer this collaboration means much more than just ... «FOX 21 Online, Jul 15»
2
Childhood sweethearts, Strictly and a bitter split: Ben and Abby …
... room to live in with my 14-year-old Persian cat, Jilly. Ben and Abby treated me and my cat like we were in prison - they were so disrespectful. «Closer, Jul 15»
3
Book reviews: Dark Cupboards New Rooms, Immune Systems …
He does so in part through deploying the old Persian poetic form of the ghazal, popularised by Rumi, and potent for Jackson "with its ecstatic ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
4
Mona Kumar Makes Her Dream Come True, Buys One of Largest Art …
However, it was like an old Persian carpets that needed a lot of dusting - so I revamped it. INE: How did you do that? MK: The gallery is brighter ... «India New England, Jul 15»
5
4 Reasons Rumi Is The Inspiration For Today's Love Songs
How could it be, I thought, how could lyrics from an 800-year old Persian poet have anything in common with songs from a 20th Century ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Sharmila needs help to revive museum culture
Thousand-year-old Persian, Arabic and Turkish manuscripts are worth watching. She said that the Sindh Culture Department had chalked out ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
7
Dubai's Al Fahidi district revisited: Cultural hub celebrates art
Collins' Gallery is styled on the lines of old Persian homes — a courtyard with rooms all around it. Every room and wall is carefully decorated ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
8
Rumi band to release video album
An old Persian instrument, the santour is a hammered dulcimer of Babylonian origin. The term santour is of unclear etymology, though theories ... «Mehr News Agency - English Version, Jun 15»
9
Baha'is of McAllen to honor Bab on July 10
Mirza 'Ali Muhammad, a 25-year-old Persian youth who took the title of the Bab, which means the “Gate,” was the Prophet-Herald of the Baha'i ... «Monitor, Jun 15»
10
Ramzan or Ramadan? Debate in India over Muslim holy month
... but now more people in India are using the term Ramadan, which critics say is impacting the centuries-old Persian culture of the region. «Channel News Asia, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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