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Pahlavi

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Pahlavi

1
 n
the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries
2
 n
Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Pahlavi
1

n the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries

Synonyms:
Pehlevi
Types:
Parthian
the Iranian language spoken in the Parthian kingdom (250 BC to AD 226)
Type of:
Iranian, Iranian language
the modern Persian language spoken in Iran

n the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language

Type of:
script
a particular orthography or writing system
2

n Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)

Synonyms:
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Pahlevi, Shah Pahlavi
Example of:
Shah, Shah of Iran
title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
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