Persian

Iranic: modern dialect of Persia, derived from Old Persian , but with a large infusion of Arabic words, and written in a modification of the Nishki-Arabic characters, called Taalic , and in a running hand called Shikestah . Grammar by Vullers, Gi æ, 1870; Dictys. by Johnson and Richardson. Dialects are Mazenderan ; see Klaproth’s “Beschreibung,” Berlin, 1814. Tatt , the dialect of Baku in Daghestan; see Eichwald’s “Reise,” Stuttgart, 1834. Twelve are specified by Von Hammer, “Asiatic Jl.,” 1833. See Tajik .