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Old Persian

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Old Persian
n.
An Old Iranian language attested in cuneiform inscriptions dating from the sixth to the fifth century b.c.
Old Persian
n
(Linguistics / 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


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She danced, she turned, she whirled rapidly about on an old Persian rug, spread negligently under her feet; and each time that her radiant face passed before you, as she whirled, her great black eyes darted a flash of lightning at you.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
You may remember the old Persian saying, 'There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
, 1840; "Le Culte du Feu," a folio volume of ponderous research into the religion and ritual of the old Persian Ghebers, published in 1841; "La Soiree du Chateau en Espagne," 1 tom.
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