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Noun: Pahlavi  'paa-lu,vee
  1. The Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries
    - Pehlevi, Pehlevi language, Pahlavi language
     
  2. The script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language
     
  3. Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
    - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah Pahlavi, Pahlevi, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi

Type of: Iranian, Iranian language, script, Shah, Shah of Iran

Encyclopedia: Pahlavi, Reza