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pahlevi
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pahlevi has 1 sense
- pahlevi(n = noun.person) mohammed reza pahlavi, mohammed reza pahlevi, pahlavi, shah pahlavi - Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980); Array is a kind of shah, shah of iran
CIDE DICTIONARY
pahlevi, n.
- The language of Sassanian Persia. See Pehlevi. [1913 Webster]
- The script in which the Pahlavi language was written. It was taken from the Aramaic alphabet. [PJC]
- A gold coin formerly used in Iran, equal in value to 20 rials. [PJC]
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