Meanings
- The ancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian.
Synonyms: Pahlavi
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe ancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian.
Translations
Dutch Middelperzisch
- Middelperzischancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
Finnish keskipersia
- keskipersiaancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
French moyen perse
- moyen perseancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
German Mittelpersisch
- Mittelpersischancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
Hindi मध्य फ़ारसी
- मध्य फ़ारसी (madhya fārsī)ancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
Hungarian középperzsa
- középperzsaancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
Persian زبان پارسی میانه, پارسی میانه
- زبان پارسی میانهancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
- پارسی میانهancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
- زبان پهلویancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
- پهلویancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
Polish pahlawi, średnioperski
- pahlawiancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
- średnioperskiancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
Russian среднеперсидский
- среднеперсидский (srednepersidskij)ancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
Spanish persa medio
- persa medioancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
Swedish medelpersiska
- medelpersiskaancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
Turkish Orta Farsça
- Orta Farsçaancestor of New Persian spoken from around 300 BC till about 800 AD, evolving from Old Persian
Cite this entry
Middle Persian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Persian
“Middle Persian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Persian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Middle Persian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Persian.
Source: Middle Persian on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.