Pahlavi

See also: pahlavi

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Etymology

From Persian پهلوی (pahlavi, “Parthian, of or relating to the age of the Iranian heroes before Islam”).

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Pahlavi (countable and uncountable, plural Pahlavis)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. a transliteration of the Persian surname پهلوی (pahlavi), born by members of the Pahlavi dynasty which ruled Iran in the 20th century.

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