pahlavi

The story

1. Classical Persian · derived fromپَهْلَوِی“Parthian, of or relating to the age of the Iranian heroes before Islam”
2. Iranian Persian · borrowed fromپَهْلَوی
3. English todayPahlavi

From Iranian Persian پَهْلَوی (pahlavi), from Classical Persian پَهْلَوِی (pahlawī, “Parthian, of or relating to the age of the Iranian heroes before Islam”), from پَهْلَو (pahlaw) + ـِی (-ī).