pahlavi

Other forms of pahlavi

plural

pahlavis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pahlavi

What does pahlavi mean?

pahlavi means "Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pahlavi?

pahlavi has 3 syllables: pah-la-vi. The stress falls on "pah".

What is another word for pahlavi?

Close synonyms include Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah Pahlavi, Pahlevi, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Pehlevi. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pahlavi a common word?

pahlavi is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.