pahlavi

English Thesaurus

1. the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	script,
definition	:	a particular orthography or writing system (noun.communication)

2. the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	iranian, iranian language,
definition	:	the modern Persian language spoken in Iran (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	parthian,
definition	:	the Iranian language spoken in the Parthian kingdom (250 BC to AD 226) (noun.communication)

3. Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	shah, shah of iran,
definition	:	title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran (noun.person)