'Pahlevi' definitions:
Definition of 'Pahlevi'
From: WordNet
noun
Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980) [syn: Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah Pahlavi, Pahlevi, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi]
Definition of 'Pahlevi'
From: GCIDE
- Pahlavi \Pah"la*vi\, Pahlevi \Pah"le*vi\, n.
- 1. The language of Sassanian Persia. See Pehlevi. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The script in which the Pahlavi language was written. It was taken from the Aramaic alphabet. [PJC]
- 3. A gold coin formerly used in Iran, equal in value to 20 rials. [PJC]