pahlavi

Meanings

1. The principal gold coin of the Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979).

1. 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.
2. The Middle Persian language rendered in Book Pahlavi.
3. A surname from Persian
4. A transliteration of the Persian surname پهلوی (pahlavi), borne by members of the Pahlavi dynasty which ruled Iran in the 20th century.

1. Of or relating to the Pahlavi script or to Middle Persian rendered in Book Pahlavi.
2. Of or relating to the Pahlavi dynasty.

Etymology

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).

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