# Persa antic

El persa antic és un dels dos idiomes iranians dels quals es té un testimoni directe, essent l'altre l'idioma l'avèstic. El persa antic és un idioma preislàmic. Les inscripcions més antigues en persa antic són les fetes en tauleta d'argila i en segells durant el període de l'Imperi Aquemènida (cap al 600 aC fins al 300 aC). Exemples del persa antic s'han trobat en les actuals Iran, Bahrain, l'Iraq, Turquia i Egipte el testimoni més important és el de la inscripció de Behistun (datada del 525 aC). Recentment s'han trobat moltes tauletes en persa antic a Persèpolis que mostren que s'utilitzava en la vida comuna i no només en l'Administració.
L'idioma Lari del comtat de Larestan està relacionat amb el persa antic.
El persa antic pertany als idiomes indoeuropeus i dins d'ells a la branca indo-iraniana. El persa antic és un dels idiomes indoeuropeus més antics testimoniats en textos originals.
El persa antic va evolucionar al llarg del temps i el persa mitjà, de vegades anomenat Pahlavi, és un continuador directe del persa antic. El persa modern, al seu torn, és continuador del persa antic.
Els textos en persa antic s'escrivien d'esquerra a dreta en escriptura cuneïforme sil·làbica i tenien 36 caràcters fonètics i 8 logogrames.

## Fonologia

Vocals
* Llargues: /aː/ /iː/ /uː/
* Curtes: /a/ /i/ /u/
Consonants
| | Labial | Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Palatal | Velar | Velar | Glotal |
| Implosives | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | ɡ | |
| Nasals | | m | | n | | | | | |
| Fricatives | f | | θ | | ç | | x | | h |
| Sibilants | | | s | z | ʃ | | | | |
| Ròtica | | | | r | | | | | |
| Lateral | | | | l | | | | | |
| Aproximant | | ʋ | | | | j | | | |

## Gramàtica

El persa antic es declinava i tenia els casos nominatiu, vocatiu, acusatiu, [[Cas instrumental |instrumental]], datiu, genitiu i locatiu.

## Lèxic

| Proto-Indo-Iranià | Persa antic | Persa mitjà | Persa modern | significat |
| *asuras mazdhās | Ahura mazda | Ohrmazd | Ormazd اورمزد | Ahura Mazda |
| *aśwas | aspa | asp | asb اسب | cavall |
| *kāma | kāma | kām | kām کام | benefici |
| *daiwas | daiva | dēw | div دیو | diable |
| | drayah | drayā | daryā دریا | mar |
| *źhasta- | dasta | dastag | dast دست | mà |
| *bhāgī | bāji | bāj | bāj باج/باژ | |
| *bhrātr- | brātar | brâdar | barādar برادر | germà |
| *bhūmiš | būmi | būm | būm بوم | regió, terra |
| *martya | martya | mard | mard مرد | home |
| *māsa | māha | māh | māh ماه | lluna, mes |
| *vāsara | vāhara | vahār | bahār بهار | font |
| | stūnā | stūn | sotūn ستون | columna |
| | šiyāta | šād | šād شاد | feliç |
| *ṛtam | arta | ard | ord اُرد | ordre |
| *drauźh- | druj | drugh | dorōgh دروغ | mentida |

## Notes

* ↑ Roland G. Kent, Old Persian, 1953
* ↑ "Everyday text shows that Old Persian was probably more commonly used than previously thought " accessed September 2010 from
* ↑ The History of Ancient Iran, Part 3, Volume 7, p. 27.
* ↑ (Skjærvø 2006, vi(2). Documentation. Old Persian.)
* ↑ Ulrich Ammon, Norbert Dittmar, Klaus J. Mattheier, Peter Trudgill, "Sociolinguistics Hsk 3/3 Series Volume 3 of Sociolinguistics: An International Handbook of the Science of Language and Society", Walter de Gruyter, 2006. 2nd edition. pg 1912: "Middle Persian, also called Pahlavi is a direct continuation of old Persian, and was used as the written official language of the country." "However, after the Moslem conquest and the collapse of the Sassanids, Arabic became the dominant language of the country and Pahlavi lost its importance, and was gradually replaced by Dari, a variety of Middle Persian, with considerable loan elements from Arabic and Parthian."
* ↑ Bo Utas, "Semitic on Iranian", in "Linguistic convergence and areal diffusion: case studies from Iranian, Semitic and Turkic" editors (Éva Ágnes Csató, Bo Isaksson, Carina Jahani),Routledge, 2005. pg 71: "As already mentioned, it is not likely that the scribes of Sassanian chanceries had any idea about the Old Persian cuneiform writing and the language couched in it. Still, the Middle Persian language that appeared in the third century AD may be seen as a continuation of Old Persian
* ↑ Skjærvø, Prods Oktor. Iran, vi. Iranian languages and scripts. 13, 2006.

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