From Persian پهلوان (pahlavân).
paalawaáṇ m (Perso-Arabic spelling پالواݨ)
- (athletic) strongman
aan-decl (Obl): -á, (Pl): -aán
- Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN