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Pahlawi

Pahlawi is the alternative form of Pahlavi.

Meaning of Pahlavi

Proper noun

Pahlavi (countable and uncountable, plural Pahlavis)

  1. 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.
  2. The Middle Persian language rendered in Book Pahlavi.
  3. A surname from Persian
    1. A transliteration of the Persian surname پهلوی (pahlavi), borne by members of the Pahlavi dynasty which ruled Iran in the 20th century.

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Origin of Pahlawi

From Classical Persian پَهْلَوِی (pahlawī).

Questions about Pahlawi

What is Pahlawi the alternative form of?
Pahlawi is the alternative form of Pahlavi.

Words near Pahlawi in the dictionary

  1. Pahlavian Iran
  2. pahlavis
  3. Pahlavism
  4. Pahlavist
  5. Pahlavists
  6. Pahlawi
  7. Pahlevi
  8. Pahls
  9. pahlwan
  10. pahlwans
  11. pahmi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pahlawi (page history and authors); Pahlavi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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