The Persian language up to the 3rd century BC, used in the ancient Persian empire and written in cuneiform.
古波斯语（公元前3世纪前古波斯帝国使用的波斯语，以楔形文字书写）
Example sentencesExamples
In the east, languages like Sogdian look like ‘sons of Old Persian.’
In 1844, Rawlinson scaled the almost sheer cliffs of Bisitun, in Persia, copying relief sculptures and their accompanying cuneiform inscriptions in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian.
Bisitun was trilingual, with inscriptions in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian.
Definition of Old Persian in US English:
Old Persian
noun
The Persian language up to the 3rd century BC, used in the ancient Persian empire and written in cuneiform.
古波斯语（公元前3世纪前古波斯帝国使用的波斯语，以楔形文字书写）
Example sentencesExamples
In 1844, Rawlinson scaled the almost sheer cliffs of Bisitun, in Persia, copying relief sculptures and their accompanying cuneiform inscriptions in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian.
In the east, languages like Sogdian look like ‘sons of Old Persian.’
Bisitun was trilingual, with inscriptions in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian.