Words from Middle Persian
3 words in Curio passed through Middle Persian on their way into English.
About Middle Persian
Western Middle Iranian language, in the Southwestern Iranian group · an earlier stage of a language still spoken today
Where
The Sasanian Empire
When
Dates unknown
Speakers
No reliable count
No census of its speakers exists.
Family path
- Middle Persian
- Classical PersianAncient Greek
- English
Where it came from
Middle Persian descended from Old Persian, the language of the Achaemenid Empire. It became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire, and kept its prestige for some time after that empire collapsed. It is the linguistic ancestor of New Persian, the official language of Iran, Afghanistan (Dari) and Tajikistan (Tajik).
Source: Wikipedia
Family
Middle Persian grew out of Old Persian.
Languages that grew out of Middle Persian: Persian.