Pehlevi

American  

[pey-luh-vee] / ˈpeɪ ləˌvi /

noun

1. the Pahlavi language.

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Pehlevi British  

/ ˈpeɪləvɪ /

noun

1. a variant of Pahlavi 2

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Example Sentences

Note the reference to the difficult nature of the Pehlevi syllabary.

From Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I by Nariman, G. K. (Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro)

Persian historians tell of a famous standard carried from the mythical time of Zohâk to that of the last of the Pehlevi kings.

From Persia Revisited by Gordon, Thomas Edward

As such it was said to be richly ornamented with jewels, to which every king, from Faridûn to the last of the Pehlevi monarchs, added.

From Persia Revisited by Gordon, Thomas Edward

To judge from the specimens given by Anquetil Duperron, it was not to be wondered at that this dialect, then called Pehlevi, should have been pronounced an artificial jargon.

From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

Hence Pehlevi was in reality a secret mode of writing, intended exclusively for the learned, i. e. for the priests.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max