1. pahlavi(n = noun.person) mohammed reza pahlavi, mohammed reza pahlevi, pahlevi, shah pahlavi - Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980);
is a kind of shah, shah of iran
2. pahlavi(n = noun.communication) pehlevi - the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries;
is a kind of iranian, iranian language
has particulars: parthian
3. pahlavi(n = noun.communication) - the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language;
is a kind of script
1. The language of Sassanian Persia. See Pehlevi. [1913 Webster]
2. The script in which the Pahlavi language was written. It was taken from the Aramaic alphabet. [PJC]
3. A gold coin formerly used in Iran, equal in value to 20 rials. [PJC]
pahlavi, n. (also Pehlevi) the writing system of Persia from the 2nd c. BC to the advent of Islam in the 7th c. AD.
Etymology:
Pers. pahlawi f. pahlav f. parthava Parthia