Meanings
pehlevi1
nounpehlevi (plural pehlevis)
plural pehlevis
- alternativeAlternative form of pahlavi (“former gold coin”).
Pehlevi2
proper noun
- alternativeAlternative form of Pahlavi.
And David's Lips are lock't; but in divine High piping Péhlevi, with "Wine! Wine! Wine! Red Wine!" — the Nightingale cries to the Rose That yellow Cheek of her's to'incarnadine.
1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries
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pehlevi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pehlevi
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“pehlevi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pehlevi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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