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Mid′dle Per′sian, 
  1. the Persian language at a stage that begins c300b.c. and includes Pahlavi (attested from the 3rd to the 7th centuriesa.d.) as well as the West Iranian literatures (3rd–10th centuriesa.d.) of religions carried outside Persia. Abbr.: MPers

'Middle Persian' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
MPers - Modern Persian - Pahlavi - Parsee - Zend

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