/pah"leuh vee'/ , n., pl Pahlavis for 3.
1. Muhammad Riza (or Reza ) /ri zah"/ , 1919-80, shah of Iran 1941-79; in exile after 1979 (son of Riza Shah Pahlavi).
2. Riza (or Reza ) Shah , 1877-1944, shah of Iran 1925-41.
3. ( l.c. ) a former gold coin of Iran, equal to 20 rials.
Also, Pahlevi .
/pah"leuh vee'/ , n.
1. the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to the 10th centuries.
2. the script used in writing this language, derived from the Aramaic alphabet.
[ 1765-75;
Pahlavi Parthian ]