† Pahlaviann.adj.
Obsolete. rare.
A. n.
= Pahlavi n.
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1771 W. Jones Gram. Persian Lang. 58 The old Persian language or Pehlevian.
B. adj.
= Pahlavi adj.
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1773 W. Jones tr. M. M. K. Astarabadi Hist. Nader Shah App. 159 Barzuien learned the Indian tongue, and, having..procured a copy of the book, translated it into the Pehlevian dialect: about an hundred and forty years after, his work was turned from Pehlevi into Arabick.
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n.adj.1771- ring plait
- ring play
- ring plover
- ring politician
- ring porosity
- ring post
- ring price
- ring pull
- ring road
- ring room
- ring rope
- ring rot
- ring round
- ring round the bath
- ring round the bathtub
- ring scaler
- ring scalpel
- ring scissors
- ring seal
- ring shake
- ring shaken
- ring sight
- ring snaffle
- ring snake
- ring something in a person's ears