Old Persian

n. An Old Iranian language attested in cuneiform inscriptions dating from the sixth to the fifth century bc.

Old Persian

n (Languages) 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

Old′ Per′sian

n. an ancient Iranian language attested in the cuneiform inscriptions of the Achaemenid empire. Abbr.: OPers

Old Persian

one of the ancient languages of the Iranian group. Old Persian is known from cuneiform inscriptions dating from the time of the Achaemenid dynasty (558-330 B.C.). The largest collection of inscriptions was preserved from the period when Darius I (522-486 B.C.) and Xerxes I (486-465 B.C.) ruled. Old Persian was spoken in southwestern Iran.

Phonetically, Old Persian is characterized by oppositions based on vowel length. The grammatical structure ot Old Persian, which possessed a well-developed system of inflectional forms, is similar to that of Avestan and Sanskrit. Distinctions were made between masculine, feminine, and neuter genders; singular, dual, and plural number; and nominative, accusative, genitivedative, locative, ablative, instrumental, and vocative cases. The verb system consisted of active and middle voices; indicative, imperative, optative, and subjunctive moods; present, imperfect, aorist, and perfect tenses.

REFERENCES

Oranskii, I. M.Vvedenie v iranskuiu filologiiu. Moscow, 1960.
Oranskii, I. M.Iranskie iazyki. Moscow, 1963.
Bartholomae, C.Altiranisches Wörterbuch, 2nd ed. Berlin, 1961.
Brandenstein, W., and M. Mayrhofer.Handbuch des Altpersischen. Wiesbaden, 1964.
Kent, R.Old Persian: Grammar, Texts, Lexicon, 2nd ed. New Haven, 1953.
Meillet, A.Grammaire du vieux perse, 2nd ed. Paris, 1931.

V. S. RASTORGUEVA

单词	old persian
释义	Old Persian Old Persian n. An Old Iranian language attested in cuneiform inscriptions dating from the sixth to the fifth century bc. Old Persian n (Languages) 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 Old′ Per′sian n. an ancient Iranian language attested in the cuneiform inscriptions of the Achaemenid empire. Abbr.: OPers Old Persian Old Persian one of the ancient languages of the Iranian group. Old Persian is known from cuneiform inscriptions dating from the time of the Achaemenid dynasty (558-330 B.C.). The largest collection of inscriptions was preserved from the period when Darius I (522-486 B.C.) and Xerxes I (486-465 B.C.) ruled. Old Persian was spoken in southwestern Iran. Phonetically, Old Persian is characterized by oppositions based on vowel length. The grammatical structure ot Old Persian, which possessed a well-developed system of inflectional forms, is similar to that of Avestan and Sanskrit. Distinctions were made between masculine, feminine, and neuter genders; singular, dual, and plural number; and nominative, accusative, genitivedative, locative, ablative, instrumental, and vocative cases. The verb system consisted of active and middle voices; indicative, imperative, optative, and subjunctive moods; present, imperfect, aorist, and perfect tenses. REFERENCES Oranskii, I. M.Vvedenie v iranskuiu filologiiu. Moscow, 1960. Oranskii, I. M.Iranskie iazyki. Moscow, 1963. Bartholomae, C.Altiranisches Wörterbuch, 2nd ed. Berlin, 1961. Brandenstein, W., and M. Mayrhofer.Handbuch des Altpersischen. Wiesbaden, 1964. Kent, R.Old Persian: Grammar, Texts, Lexicon, 2nd ed. New Haven, 1953. Meillet, A.Grammaire du vieux perse, 2nd ed. Paris, 1931. V. S. RASTORGUEVA AcronymsSeeOP
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