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Certain shah's name
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pahlavi
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Word definitions for pahlavi in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pehlevi \Peh"le*vi`\, 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. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1773, Iranian language spoken in Persia 3c.-10c., from Persian Pahlavi , from Old Persian Parthava "Parthia" (see Parthian ).
Usage examples of pahlavi.
And according to my invaluable informant Antipater, ten thousand more who survived the first fight further down the Bilechas were rounded up by the Pahlavi Surenas and sent to the frontier of Bactria beyond the Caspian Sea, where they are to be used to keep the Massagetae from raiding.
Parthia was a small nation to the northeast of the Caspian Sea, near Bactria, and was important only because it had produced the seven great Pahlavi families, and the Arsacid Parthian kings.
The Pahlavis wanted it to have an ice cream parlor identical to theirs, right down to the last detail.