Pahlavi

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pahlavi \Pah"la*vi\, Pahlevi \Pah"le*vi\, n.
     1. The language of Sassanian Persia. See {Pehlevi}.
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     2. The script in which the Pahlavi language was written. It
        was taken from the Aramaic alphabet.


        [PJC]
  
     3. A gold coin formerly used in Iran, equal in value to 20
        rials.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Persian \Per"sian\, n.
     1. A native or inhabitant of Persia.
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     2. The language spoken in Persia. Ancient Persian of the 3rd
        to 10th centuries is also called {Pahlavi}, and modern
        Persian is also called {Farsi}.
        [1913 Webster + PJC]
  
     3. A thin silk fabric, used formerly for linings. --Beck.
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     4. pl. (Arch.) See {Persian columns}, under {Persian}, a.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Pahlavi
       n 1: Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic
            fundamentalists (1919-1980) [syn: {Mohammed Reza Pahlavi},
             {Shah Palavi}, {Pahlevi}, {Mohammed Reza Pahlevi}]
       2: the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the
          3rd to 10th centuries
       3: the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write
          the Pahlavi language