Pahlavi

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The Pahlavi script, a writing system derived from the Aramaic script and used to write several Iranian languages, the most common form of which was the Book Pahlavi.
• The Middle Persian language rendered in Book Pahlavi.
• The Pahlavi dynasty which ruled Iran in the 20th century.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• Middle Persian
• Parthian

Origin

• From Persian پهلوی.