Pehlevi

English

Proper noun

Pehlevi

1. Alternative form of Pahlavi
   • 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 2:

     And David's Lips are lock't; but in divine
     High piping Péhlevi, with "Wine! Wine! Wine!
     Red Wine!" — the Nightingale cries to the Rose
     That yellow Cheek of her's to'incarnadine.