Pahlavi Iran

proper noun

An Iranian state under the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979), following the end of Qajar rule and preceding the Iranian Revolution. Official names: Imperial State of Persia (1925–1935) and Imperial State of Iran (1935–1979). Capital: Tehran.

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Pahlavian IranPahlavi state, Pahlavi State
OriginIranian Persian ایرانِ پَهْلَوی →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalAn Iranian state under the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979), following the end of Qajar rule and preceding the Iranian Revolution. Official names: Imperial State of Persia (1925–1935) and Imperial State of Iran (1935–1979). Capital: Tehran.

    Pahlavi Iran was yet unborn. Its progenitor was still merely the Minister of Defence.

    1975, Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla, Dastur Dhalla, page 402
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    Rapid growth of industries in the empire is now encouraged and further helped by the recent completion of the Trans-Iranian Railway. It is a unique achievement of Pahlavi Iran in many ways.

    Oct. 1937, “The Trans-Iranian Railway is the Greatest Achievement of the Pahlavi Regime”, in The Iran League Quarterly, page 64

    Pahlavi Iran’s hour had struck, and the man appeared to lead the nation in the new paths now open to her.

    1959, S.P.’s Directory of Iran, page 31

    […] this renewed interest in Iran sprang from the government’s deliberate policy of identifying the new Pahlavi Iran with the ancient empires of the distant past […]

    1968, The Cambridge History of Iran, volume 7, page 238

    Synonyms: Pahlavian Iran, Pahlavi state, Pahlavi State

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounAn Iranian state under the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979), following the end of Qajar rule and preceding the Iranian Revolution. Official names: Imperial State of Persia (1925–1935) and Imperial State of Iran (1935–1979). Capital: Tehran.

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Pahlavian IranPahlavi state, Pahlavi State
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pahlavian iran

Origin

  1. Iranian Persianایرانِ پَهْلَوی
  2. EnglishPahlavi Iran

Calque of Iranian Persian ایرانِ پَهْلَوی (irân-e pahlavi).

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Translations

Arabic إِيرَان الْبَهْلَوِيَّة
  • إِيرَان الْبَهْلَوِيَّة (ʔīrān al-bahlawiyya)Translations
Turkish Pehlevî İranı
  • Pehlevî İranıTranslations
Urdu پَہْلَوی اِیران
  • پَہْلَوی اِیران (pahlavī īrān)Translations
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