پهلوان
See also: بهلوان
Persian
Alternative forms
- پهلوون (pahlevun) (eye-dialect)
Etymology
Ultimately from the name of the Parthians.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /pæhlæˈwɒːn/, /pæhlɪˈwɒːn/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /pæhleˈvɒn/, [pʰæhləˈvɒn], [pʰæːləˈvɒn], /pæhlæˈvɒn/, [pʰæhlæˈvɒn]
- (Tehrani) IPA(key): [pʰæːləˈvu(ː)n]
Noun
| Dari Persian | پهلوان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | پهلوان |
| Tajiki Persian | паҳлавон (pahlavon) |
پهلوان • (pahlavân, pahlevân) (plural پهلوانها (pahlavân, pahlevân-hâ) or پهلوانان (pahlavân, pahlevânân))
- strong athletic man
- hero, paladin, champion
- (archaic) army commander
- wrestler
Synonyms
- (wrestler): کشتیگیر (košti-gir)
Derived terms
- پهلوانی (pahlavâni)
- پهلوانانه (pahlavânâne)
- جهانپهلوان (jahân-pahlavân)
- پهلوانباشی (pahlavân-bâši)
- پهلوانپنبه (pahlavân-pambe)
Related terms
- پهلو (Pahlow)
Descendants
- → Arabic: بَهْلَوَان (bahlawān)
- → Armenian: փահլեւան (pʿahlewan)
- → Georgian: ფალავანი (palavani)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: पहलवान (pehlavān)
- Urdu: پہلوان (pehlavān)
- → Ottoman Turkish: پهلوان (pehlevân, pehlivân)
- Turkish: pehlivan
- → Bulgarian: пехливан (pehlivan)
- → Macedonian: пеливан (pelivan)
- → Greek: πεχλιβάνης (pechlivánis)
- → Romanian: pehlivan
- → Serbo-Croatian: pehlìvān / пехлѝва̄н
Proper noun
پهلوان • (pahlavân)
- A surname. Pahlavan