Old Persian language
Old Persian also known as Aryan language, is the name given to the an ancient Persian tongue by the Achaemenid King of Kings . Old Persian is the oldest attested
Persid language. It is classified in the group of Western Iranian languages, subgroup of Indo-Iranian languages .
This language was used in the inscriptions of the
Achaemenid Emperors. Old Persian texts have been found in
Iran,
Turkey and
Egypt. It evolved into the Middle Persian language of
Sassanid Iran, and eventually into the modern
Persian language.
Encyclopedia
Old Persian also known as Aryan language, is the name given to the an ancient Persian tongue by the Achaemenid King of Kings . Old Persian is the oldest attested
Persid language. It is classified in the group of Western Iranian languages, subgroup of Indo-Iranian languages .
This language was used in the inscriptions of the
Achaemenid Emperors. Old Persian texts have been found in
Iran,
Turkey and
Egypt. It evolved into the Middle Persian language of
Sassanid Iran, and eventually into the modern
Persian language.
Script
Old Persian was written from left to right in Old Persian cuneiform script, a semi-alphabetic syllabic
Cuneiform script. Old Persian cuneiform contains 36 signs which represent consonants,
vowels, or sequences of single consonants plus vowels, a set of three numbers , one word divider, and eight ideograms. It is essentially alphabetic in nature.
Lexicon
| Old Persian | Middle Persian | Modern Persian | English meaning |
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| aspa | asp | asp | Horse |
| kama | kam | kam | Aim |
| daiva | dew | dev | Daemon/Devil |
| drayah | draya | darya | Sea |
| dasta | dast | dast | Hand |
| baji | baj | baj | Tribute |
| bratar | bradar | baradar | Brother |
| bumi | bum | bum | Region, Land |
| martya | mard | mard | Man |
| maha | mah | mah | Moon, Month |
| vahara | wahar | bahar | Spring |
| stuna | stun | sotun | Column, Pillar |
| šiyata | šad | šad | Happiness |
| duruj | drogh | dorogh | Lie, Falsehood |
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