Middle Persian
SOUTHWESTERN IRANIAN LANGUAGE
Middle-Persian; Pahlavi language; Middle Persian language; Pahlavi Language; Pehlevi language; ISO 639:pal; Pahlavi Zoroastrian Middle Persian; Pârsig; Mid. Persian; Mid. Pers.; Pahlavig; Parsig; Manichaean Persian language; Manichaean Middle Persian language; Manichaean Middle Persian; Manichaean Persian; ISO 639:xmn; Middle persian
Middle Persian or Pahlavi, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg (𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩𐭪) in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire. For some time after the Sasanian collapse, Middle Persian continued to function as a prestige language.