A Modern Word Formation Process in Middle Persian: Abbreviated Forms

The present paper aims to investigate abbreviated forms in Middle Persian and will be demonstrated that abbreviation dates back to the past era. This article also cites abbreviated forms in Pahlavi scripts and Hozvreš abbreviations samples as well. The analysis presented in the article is based on Zipf’Law (1949) and Martinet's Economy Principle (1962). They believed the Economy and Least Effort Principles, which govern the behavior of words. The widespread use of abbreviating dates back to some ancient languages, and is the natural result of economy, which governs the all dimensions of language.