pahlavi Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
    Pahlevi; Shah Pahlavi; Mohammed Reza Pahlavi; Mohammed Reza Pahlevi.
  2. noun the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries
    Pehlevi.
  3. noun the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language

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