Pehlevi

[peilivi:]

Definition

(n.) 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.

Editor: Nita

Definition

n. an ancient West Iranian idiom during the period of the Sassanides largely mixed with Semitic words and poorer in inflections and terminations than Zend (235-640 A.D.): the characters used in writing this language.—adj. of or pertaining to or written in Pehlevi.

Edited by Julius