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Pah⋅la⋅vi

  [pah-luh-vee]
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–noun, plural -vis for 3.
1. Muhammad Ri⋅za (or Re⋅za)  [ri-zah] , 1919–80, shah of Iran 1941–79; in exile after 1979 (son of Riza Shah Pahlavi).
2. Riza (or Reza) Shah, 1877–1944, shah of Iran 1925–41.
3. (lowercase) a former gold coin of Iran, equal to 20 rials.
Also, Pah⋅le⋅vi.

Pah⋅la⋅vi

  [pah-luh-vee]
–noun
1. the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to the 10th centuries.
2. the script used in writing this language, derived from the Aramaic alphabet.
Origin:
1765–75; < Pers Pahlavī Parthian
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pah·la·vi   (pä'lə-vē', -hlə-)   
n.   pl. pah·la·vis
A gold coin formerly used in Iran.

[Persian pahlawī, after Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878-1944), Shah of Iran.]
Pah·la·vi   (pä'lə-vē', -hlə-)   
n.  An Iranian language used in Persia during the reign of the Sassanids.

[Persian pahlawī, from Pahlav, Parthia, from Old Persian Parthava-.]
Pahlavi, Muhammad Reza 1919-1980.  
Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, when he was deposed by Islamic fundamentalists.
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Word Origin & History

Pahlavi 
1773, Iranian language spoken in Persia 3c.-10c., from Pers. Pahlavi, from O.Pers. Parthava "Parthia" (see Parthian).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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