Where does “Pahlavi” come from?

Pahlavi comes from Persian پهلوی, derived from Middle Persian 𐫛𐫍𐫓𐫇𐫀𐫗𐫏𐫃, a term of uncertain original meaning.

Pahlavi (English): The Pahlavi script, a writing system derived from the Aramaic script and used to write several Iranian languages, the most common form of which was the Book Pahlavi

Definitions

  1. The Pahlavi script, a writing system derived from the Aramaic script and used to write several Iranian languages, the most common form of which was the Book Pahlavi

Ancestry of “Pahlavi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپهلویearlier, older
2Middle Persian𐫛𐫍𐫓𐫇𐫀𐫗𐫏𐫃—
3Old Persian𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺Parthia

Words derived from “Pahlavi”

Every word from Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 →Every word from Middle Persian 𐫛𐫍𐫓𐫇𐫀𐫗𐫏𐫃 →Every word from Persian پهلوی →