Pahlavi
See also: pahlavi
English
Alternative forms
- Pahlevi
- Pehlevi
- Pehlvi
Etymology
From Persian پهلوی (pahlavi, “earlier, older”).
Proper noun
Pahlavi
- 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.
- The Middle Persian language rendered in Book Pahlavi.
- 2009, Carlo Cereti, "Middle Persian Literature I: Pahlavi," Encyclopedia Iranica (online edition)
- Pahlavi literature traditionally defines the writings of the Zoroastrians in the Middle Persian language and Book Pahlavi script which were compiled in the 9th and the 10th centuries CE.
- 2009, Carlo Cereti, "Middle Persian Literature I: Pahlavi," Encyclopedia Iranica (online edition)
- The Pahlavi dynasty which ruled Iran in the 20th century.
Hyponyms
- Middle Persian
- Parthian
Derived terms
- Book Pahlavi
- Inscriptional Pahlavi
- Psalter Pahlavi
Translations
the Pahlavi script
the Middle Persian language rendered in Book Pahlavi
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the Pahlavi dynasty