Pehlevi
Multiple Entries:Pehlevi Pahlavi
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Pehlevi /ˈpeɪləvi/
▶noun variant spelling of Pahlavi.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Pahlavi /ˈpɑːləvi/ (also Pehlevi)
▶noun an Aramaic-based writing system used in Persia from the 2nd century bc to the advent of Islam in the 7th century ad.
– origin from Pers. pahlawī, from pahlav, from parthava ‘Parthia’, an ancient kingdom SE of the Caspian Sea.
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