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PEHLEVI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pehlevi mean?
• PEHLEVI (noun)
The noun PEHLEVI has 1 sense:
1. the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries
Familiarity information: PEHLEVI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Pahlavi; Pehlevi
Hypernyms ("Pehlevi" is a kind of...):
Iranian; Iranian language (the modern Persian language spoken in Iran)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Pehlevi"):
Parthian (the Iranian language spoken in the Parthian kingdom (250 BC to AD 226))
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