Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pahlavist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pahlav-ist
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An expert in Pahlavi.

noun

A supporter of the Pahlavi dynasty.

adj

Relating to or supporting the Pahlavi dynasty or Pahlavism.

Example Sentences

"Let us close by wishing for the veteran Pahlavist a long career yet in the interests of science."
"[…] the Pahlavist strategy […]"
"[…] the Pahlavist ideologues […]"
"But the Pahlavist idea of globalization differed from that propagated by the capitalist West under the slogan of liberal cosmopolitanism, and from the Soviet one, coined international proletarianism."

Etymology

From Classical Persian پَهْلَو (pahlaw) [the root of Classical Persian پَهْلَوِی (pahlawī), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠pahlaw⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 (p-r-θ-v /⁠Parθavaʰ⁠/)] + -ist.

Origin

Source language: Middle Persian

Word Breakdown

Root: پَهْلَو, 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺
Suffix: -ist

Inflected Forms

Pahlavists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Pahlavi Pahlavian Pahlavism

Questions

What does pahlavist mean?: An expert in Pahlavi.
Where does pahlavist come from?: It is traced to Middle Persian.

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