| n. | 1. | The language of Sassanian Persia. See Pehlevi. |
| 2. | The script in which the Pahlavi language was written. It was taken from the Aramaic alphabet. | |
| 3. | A gold coin formerly used in Iran, equal in value to 20 rials. |
| Noun | 1. | Pahlavi - Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980) |
| 2. | Pahlavi - the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries | |
| 3. | Pahlavi - the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language |