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The language of Zoroastrian literature (and of the Sasanian inscriptions) is sometimes referred to as Pahlavi – a name that originally referred to the Pahlavi scripts, [13] [14] which were also the preferred writing system for several other Middle Iranian languages. Pahlavi Middle Persian is the language of quite a large body of literature ...
Genuine Middle Persian, as it appears in these inscriptions, was the Middle Iranian language of Persia proper, the region in the south-western corner of the Iranian plateau where the Sasanians had their power base. Inscriptional Pahlavi script had 19 characters which were not joined. [12]
Middle Persian, Parthian, Greek Only part of the Greek inscriptions remains Shapur I inscription in Hajiabad [1] Shapur I Hajiabad, near Istakhr: Middle Persian, Parthian Kartir's inscription at Naghsh-e Rajab [2] Kartir: Naghsh-e Rajab: Middle Persian Paikuli inscription [3] Narseh: Barkal village, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq: Middle ...
Middle Persian is written with this alphabet. The Iranologist Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst notes that the Manichaean script was mainly used to write numerous Middle Iranian languages (Manichaean Middle Persian, Parthian , Sogdian , Early New Persian , Bactrian ) and Old Uyghur (a Turkic language). [ 1 ]
Middle Persian literature is the corpus of written works composed in Middle Persian, that is, the Middle Iranian dialect of Persia proper, the region in the south-western corner of the Iranian plateau. Middle Persian was the prestige dialect during the era of Sasanian dynasty. It is the largest source of Zoroastrian literature.
The Avestan alphabet (Avestan: 𐬛𐬍𐬥 𐬛𐬀𐬠𐬌𐬭𐬫𐬵 transliteration: dīn dabiryªh, Middle Persian: transliteration: dyn' dpywryh, transcription: dēn dēbīrē, Persian: دین دبیره, romanized: din dabire) is a writing system developed during Iran's Sasanian era (226–651 CE) to render the Avestan language.
Pahlavi scripts, as adopted to render various Middle Iranian languages; Pahlavi literature, Persian literature of the 1st millennium AD; Pahlavi Psalter, a 12-page non-contiguous section of a Middle Persian translation of a Syriac book of psalms; Psalter Pahlavi, a cursive abjad which was used for writing Middle Persian, described as one of the ...
Zend or Zand (Middle Persian: 𐭦𐭭𐭣) is a Zoroastrian term for Middle Persian or Pahlavi versions and commentaries of Avestan texts. These translations were produced in the late Sasanian period. [1] Zand glosses and commentaries exist in several languages, including in the Avestan language itself. [2]