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Pahlavi

 
Dictionary: Pah·la·vi   (pä'lə-vē', -hlə-) pronunciation
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also Peh·le·vi (pā'-)
n.
An Iranian language used in Persia during the reign of the Sassanids.

[Persian pahlawī, from Pahlav, Parthia, from Old Persian Parthava-.]


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Columbia Encyclopedia: Pahlavi language
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Pahlavi language (pä'ləvē') or Pehlevi language (pā'-), member of the Iranian group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. Pahlavi is the form of the Persian language that followed Old Persian and preceded Modern Persian. Also called Middle Persian, it was used during the Sassanid, or Sassanian, rule of Persia (3d to 7th cent. A.D.). See Indo-Iranian languages.

WordNet: Pahlavi
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
  Synonyms: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Pahlevi, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi

 
 

 

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