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Old Iranian

Old Iranian proper noun: collective name for a number of extinct Iranian languages which are descended from Proto-Iranian.

Proper noun

Old Iranian

  1. Collective name for a number of extinct Iranian languages which are descended from Proto-Iranian.

Old Iranian meaning in Persian

Old Iranian in Persian

languages directly descended from Proto-Iranian
ایرانی باستان irâni-ye bâstân

Questions about Old Iranian

What does Old Iranian mean?
Old Iranian means collective name for a number of extinct Iranian languages which are descended from Proto-Iranian.
What is Old Iranian in Persian?
Old Iranian in Persian is ایرانی باستان (irâni-ye bâstân). See Old Iranian meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is Old Iranian?
Old Iranian is a proper noun.

Words near Old Iranian in the dictionary

  1. Old Indic
  2. Old Indo-Aryan
  3. Old Ingarsby
  4. Old Ionian
  5. Old Ionic
  6. Old Iranian
  7. Old Irish
  8. Old Italian
  9. Old Jamestown
  10. Old Japanese
  11. Old Javanese

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