Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gold coin formerly used in Iran.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name given by the followers of Zoroaster to the language in which are written the ancient translations of their sacred books and some other works which they preserve; also, the character in which these works are written.
- Of or pertaining to or written in Pahlavi.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The language of Sassanian Persia. See
Pehlevi . - noun The script in which the Pahlavi language was written. It was taken from the Aramaic alphabet.
- noun A gold coin formerly used in Iran, equal in value to 20 rials.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The principal
gold coin of the Pahlavi dynasty (1925-1979).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
- noun the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries
- noun the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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