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PAHLAVI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Pahlavi" is a kind of...):
script (a particular orthography or writing system)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries
Synonyms:
Pahlavi; Pehlevi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Pahlavi" is a kind of...):
Iranian; Iranian language (the modern Persian language spoken in Iran)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Pahlavi"):
Parthian (the Iranian language spoken in the Parthian kingdom (250 BC to AD 226))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
Synonyms:
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi; Mohammed Reza Pahlevi; Pahlavi; Pahlevi; Shah Pahlavi
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Shah; Shah of Iran (title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran)
