Definitions of Pahlavi [ˈpɑ ləˌvi]

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Definition of 'Pahlavi'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Pahlavi
his father, Reza Shah, 1877–1944, shah of Iran 1925–41.

2.  Pahlavi
(l.c.) a former gold coin of Iran.

3. (n.) Pahlavi
Persian.

4.  Pahlavi
a form of Middle Persian used in Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries.

5.  Pahlavi
the script used in writing Middle Persian.

Etymology: (1765–75; < Pers Pahlavī Parthian)

Definition of 'Pahlavi'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah Pahlavi, Pahlevi, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)

2. (noun) Pahlavi, Pehlevi
the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries

3. (noun) Pahlavi
the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language

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