Pahlavi

See also: pahlavi

English

Alternative forms

• Pahlevi
• Pehlevi
• Pehlvi

Etymology

From Persian پهلوی (pahlavi, “earlier, older”).

Proper noun

Pahlavi

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. 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

• German: Pehlewi
• Russian: пехлеви язык (pexlevi jazyk)

the Pahlavi dynasty