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pehlevi
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pehlevi has 1 sense
- pehlevi(n = noun.communication) pahlavi - the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries; Array is a kind of iranian, iranian language
has particulars: parthian
CIDE DICTIONARY
pehlevi, n. [Parsee Pahlavi.].
An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3d century (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th century, and later in religious writings. [1913 Webster]
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