Pahlavi

/ˈpɑləvi/
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Other forms: Pahlavis

Definitions of Pahlavi
  1. noun
    the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries
    synonyms: Pehlevi
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    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
  2. noun
    the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language
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    type of:
    script
    a particular orthography or writing system
  3. noun
    Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
    synonyms: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Pahlevi, Shah Pahlavi
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    example of:
    Shah, Shah of Iran, shah
    title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
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