pehlevi Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries
    Pahlavi.

WordNet

Peh"le*vi` noun
Etymology
Parsee Pahlavi.
Definitions
  1. An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3d century (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th century, and later in religious writings. Written also Pahlavi.

Webster 1913