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Pahlavi - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Pahlavi : (noun)
1: Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic
fundamentalists (1919-1980) [syn: Pahlavi, Mohammed
Reza Pahlavi, Shah Palavi, Pahlevi, Mohammed Reza
Pahlevi]
2: the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the
3rd to 10th centuries [syn: Pahlavi]
3: the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write
the Pahlavi language [syn: Pahlavi]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Pehlevi \Peh"le*vi`\, n. [Parsee Pahlavi.]
An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly
represented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from
the 3d century (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th
century, and later in religious writings. [Written also
Pahlavi.]
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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