pehlevi

Questions about pehlevi

What does pehlevi mean?

pehlevi means "the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries".

How many syllables are in pehlevi?

pehlevi has 3 syllables and divides as peh-le-vi under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pehlevi?

Close synonyms include Pahlavi. 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 pehlevi a common word?

pehlevi is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.