Old Persian
noun
an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers
Example sentences from the Web for old persian
The animalism of half-exposures and suggestions of whole exposures is not any more Japanese than it was old-Persian.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2 |Elizabeth Bisland
British Dictionary definitions for old persian
Old Persian
noun
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