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Pahlavi

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





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... be Avesta-Zend, like "Bible and Commentary," as zand signifies "explanation," "commentary," and Avesta u Zand is employed in some Persian allusions to the Zoroastrian scriptures as a designation denoting the text of the Avesta accompanied by the Pahlavi version or interpretation. ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 3 • Various


Words linked to "Pahlavi" :   Shah Pahlavi, Iranian language, Iranian, Shah of Iran, script, Shah, Parthian


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