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Pahlavi
(redirected from Reza Pahlavi)

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Pah·la·vi  (päl-v, -hl-) also Peh·le·vi (p-)
n.
An Iranian language used in Persia during the reign of the Sassanids.
[Persian pahlaw, 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.
pah·la·vi  (päl-v, -hl-)
n. pl. pah·la·vis
A gold coin formerly used in Iran.
[Persian pahlaw, after Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878-1944), Shah of Iran.]
Pahlavi1
n
1. (Biographies / Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza (1919-1980) M, Iranian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) Mohammed Reza (ˈriːzə). 1919-80, shah of Iran (1941-79); forced into exile (1979) during civil unrest following which an Islamic republic was established led by the Ayatollah Khomeini
2. (Biographies / Pahlavi, Reza (1877-1944) M, Iranian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) his father, Reza. 1877-1944, shah of Iran (1925-41). Originally an army officer, he gained power by a coup d'état (1921) and was chosen shah by the National Assembly. He reorganized the army and did much to modernize Iran
Pahlavi2, Pehlevi
n
(Linguistics / Languages) the Middle Persian language, esp as used in classical Zoroastrian and Manichean literature
[from Persian pahlavī, from Old Persian Parthava Parthia]
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Noun1.Pahlavi - Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)Pahlavi - Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Pahlevi, Shah Pahlavi
2.Pahlavi - the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries
Pehlevi
Iranian language, Iranian - the modern Persian language spoken in Iran
Parthian - the Iranian language spoken in the Parthian kingdom (250 BC to AD 226)
3.Pahlavi - the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language
script - a particular orthography or writing system
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The students, who took 52 American diplomats hostage and held them for 444 days, said they were responding to Washington s refusal to hand over the deposed shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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The end of the apartheid regime in South Africa, of military juntas in South America, of the former Soviet Union -- all of it came at the hands of the people of those nations themselves," Reza Pahlavi told the Daily Telegraph.
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