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adj
Of or relating to the Pahlavi script or to Middle Persian rendered in Book Pahlavi.
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adj
Of or relating to the Pahlavi dynasty.
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Synonyms: Pahlavian
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name
The Pahlavi script, a writing system derived from the Aramaic script and used to write several Iranian languages, the most common form of which was the Book Pahlavi.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
The Middle Persian language rendered in Book Pahlavi.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname from Persian
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name
A surname from Persian
A transliteration of the Persian surname پهلوی (pahlavi), borne by members of the Pahlavi dynasty which ruled Iran in the 20th century.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The principal gold coin of the Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979).
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Usage: historical
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noun
the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language
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Broader terms: script
noun
the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Pehlevi
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Broader terms: Iranian, Iranian language
Narrower terms: Parthian
noun
Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah Pahlavi, Pahlevi, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
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Broader terms: Shah, Shah of Iran
History
From Iranian Persian پَهْلَوی (pahlavi), from Classical Persian پَهْلَوِی (pahlawī, “Parthian, of or relating to the age of the Iranian heroes before Islam”), from پَهْلَو (pahlaw) + ـِی (-ī).
Across languages
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