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},
{
"form": "Pehlvi",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "?"
},
"expansion": "Pahlavi",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"Pah",
"la",
"vi"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "Pahlavism"
},
{
"word": "Pahlavist"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2009, Carlo Cereti, \"Middle Persian Literature I: Pahlavi,\" Encyclopedia Iranica (online edition)",
"text": "Pahlavi literature traditionally defines the writings of the Zoroastrians in the Middle Persian language and Book Pahlavi script which were compiled in the 9th and the 10th centuries CE."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of or relating to the Pahlavi script or to Middle Persian rendered in Book Pahlavi."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Of or relating to the Pahlavi dynasty."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Pahlavian"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "pä′(h)lə-vē′"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɑː.(h)ləˌvi/"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "of or relating to the Pahlavi dynasty",
"word": "pahlavi"
}
],
"word": "Pahlavi"
}
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