PAHLAVI LANGUAGE

päˈləvēˌ or Pehlevi languagepāˈ–, member of the Iranian group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. Pahlavi is the form of the Persian language that followed Old Persian and preceded Modern Persian. Also called Middle Persian, it was used during the Sassanid, or Sassanian, rule of Persia (3d to 7th cent. a.d.). See Indo-Iranian languages.

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books on: Pahlavi Language  - 227 results

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The Dynamics of the Iranian Revolution: The Pahlavis' Triumph and Tragedy
Book by Jahangir Amuzegar; State University of New York Press, 1991
Subjects: Iran--History--Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979
...the armed forces. The BBCs extensive coverage in its Persian language service, not only of the oppositions daily activities against...the Iranian monarchy, was clearly the "destruction of the Pahlavi regime." 24 Londons repeated pleadings of innocence in the...
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Religion and Politics in Contemporary Iran: Clergy-State Relations in the Pahlavi Period
Book by Shahrough Akhavi; State University of New York Press, 1980
Subjects: Iran--Politics And Government--1941-1979, Islam And Politics--Iran, Ulama--Iran
...schools in Iran . . . still in operation." Muhammad Riza Shah Pahlavi, Ma muriyat bara-yi Vatanam Tehran: Chapkhanah-yi Sazman...yi Ziba-yi Kishvar, n. d. , p. 494. In the English language edition, he declared that "more than two hundred Moslem religious...
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The Making of Iran's Islamic Revolution: From Monarchy to Islamic Republic
Book by Mohsen M. Milani; Westview Press, 1994
Subjects: Iran--History--1979-1997, Iran--History--Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979
the selection of the name Pahlavi, the language of pre-Islamic Persia, the changing of the countrys name from Persia to Iran in the early 1930s, and the emphasis on Irans...
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The Making of Modern Iran: State and Society under Riza Shah 1921-1941
Book by Stephanie Cronin; RoutledgeCurzon, 2003
Subjects: Iran--Politics And Government--1925-1979, Iran--Social Life And Customs--20th Century, Newly Independent States, Reza Shah Pahlavi--Shah Of Iran--1878-1944
...public buildings, as well as in the introduction of language courses in Pahlavi in 1935. 57 The same spirit of pride in the countrys patrimony underlay the creation of a language academy, Farhangistan, in 1935, set up with the...
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Mystic Regimes: Sufism and the State in Iran, from the Late Qajar Era to the Islamic Republic
Book by Matthijs Van Den Bos; Brill, 2002
Subjects: Iran--History--1979-, Iran--History--Pahlavi Dynasty, 1925-1979, Iran--History--Qajar Dynasty, 1794-1925, Islam And Politics--Iran--History, Islam And State--Iran--History, Sufism--Iran--History
...zowski, G., (ed.), Iran Under The Pahlavis. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press...Archaeology ofKnowledge The Discourse on Language. New York: Pantheon Books. FOYUZAT, 1. 1375/1997. Dowlat dar lasr-e Pahlavi. Tehran: Entesharat-e Chapkhosh...pp. It 3-3 1. GAL, S. 1995. Language and the Arts of Resistance. Cultural...
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journal articles on: Pahlavi Language  - 101 results

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Pahlavi Kirrenidan: Traces of Iranian Creation Mythology
Journal article by Bruce Lincoln; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 117, 1997
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb, Iran--Languages, Mythology--Iran
...V. Williams, ed., The Pahlavi Rivayat Accompanying the Dadestan...Rather, it reflects the Pahlavi gloss to Y 11.4, where Av...Williams and H. K. Mirza, The Pahlavi Rivayat Preceding the Dadestan...Yima et la mort," in Languages and Cultures: Studies in Honor...
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A Dictionary of Aramaic Ideograms in Pahlavi
Journal article by Shaul Shaked; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 113, 1993
Subjects: Alphabets--Analysis, Aramaic language--Bibliography
A dictionary of Aramaic ideograms in Pahlavi by Shaul Shaked The late H. S. Nybergs...encountered in epigraphic texts or in Book Pahlavi, and which figure only in the Frahang...even though they are still unattested in Pahlavi outside the Frahang; and others may still...
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The Extinct Language of Gurgan: Its Sources and Origins
Journal article by Habib Borjian; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 128, 2008
Subjects: Iranian languages--Distribution, Iranian languages--Origin, Linguistics--Research
...poorly studied Iranian languages is Gurgani, the extinct language of Gurgan, the Persian...Gurgan under Reza Shah Pahlavi, while the old town...linguistic grounds. The Pahlavi-specific words that...Which Iranian languages carry this verb stem...13) Among these languages Parthian was already a dead language in the eleventh century...
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Islam and the Languages of Modernity
Journal article by Dale F. Eickelman; Daedalus, Vol. 129, 2000
...and the development of a standardized language infixed and disseminated by mass higher...contests over the use of the symbolic language of Islam. New and accessible modes of...in terms of the normative, globalized language of Islam. Muslim identity issues are...
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Adhrigu and Drigu: On the Semantics of an Old Indo-Iranian Word
Journal article by George Thompson; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002
Subjects: Avesta (Sacred text)--Translations and translating, Indo-European languages, Vedas--Translations and translating
...Wust related ddhri- to the Greek forms LANGUAGE NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII eunuch...sequence of the Gathas, and the Yasna LANGUAGE NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII, is surely...extant commentaries on it as early as the LANGUAGE NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII Yast = Y...
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magazine articles on: Pahlavi Language  - 60 results

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Stardust Memories: Darius Kadivar Recalls the Story of Soraya, the Beautiful but Tragic Second Wife of Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran
Magazine article by Darius Kadivar; The Middle East, April 2007
Subjects: Princesses--Biography, Soraya(princess)--Biography
...Beautiful but Tragic Second Wife of Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran. by Darius Kadivar SORAYA, THE...and second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, she was born in Isfahan on 22 June...born in 1962, according to the Persian-language weekly Nimrooz: the improbable claims...
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On the Path of Persian History : The Islamic Republic of Iran May Impose Its Will on a Reluctant Population, but This Does Not Deny Its Glorious Past as One of the Greatest Empires History Has Known
Magazine article by Eva Harnik; World and I, Vol. 16, December 2001
Subjects: Iran--Description and travel
...agent on earth." The Sassanid dynasty, which ruled until the Arab conquest in a.d. 637, refined the Persian language (Pahlavi), received Zoroastrianism, and further promoted the arts. The oldest surviving Persian carpet is from this era...
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Zoroaster and the Ayatollahs
Magazine article by Abbas Milani; The National Interest, January 2011
Subjects: Ayatollahs--Influence, Cultural conflict--Political aspects, Culture conflict--Political aspects, Islam and politics--Management, Islamic identity--Political aspects, Khomeini, Ruhollah, Ayatollah--Influence
...pre-Islamic ardor of the Pahlavi era but they also moved to...and resistance. The Persian language, spoken by a majority of Irans...words and influence during the Pahlavi era, Ayatollah Khomeini and...sensibilities of his wife, Farah Pahlavi, a student of architecture...
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Months Past: Portugal Takes a Chunk of India; a Daredevil Wins a Pilot's Licence; and Modern Iran Is Born. Richard Cavendish Looks at March's Anniversaries
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 60, March 2010
Subjects: Indian foreign relations--Economic aspects, Indian foreign relations--Military aspects, Iran--History, Moore-Brabazon,J.T.C.--Achievements and awards, Motorcyclists--Achievements and awards, Persia--History, Portuguese foreign relations--Economic aspects, Portuguese foreign relations--Military aspects
...it is fundamentally an Indo-European language, along with Sanskrit, English and German...change was brought about by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a masterful army officer risen from...commission was appointed to weed the Farsi language of unnecessary Arabic words. ILLUSTRATION...
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The Prince and the Dissident: Behind an Iranian in Washington Promoting Democracy and Nonviolence Is a Network That Includes Neocons-And the Shah's Son
Magazine article by Laura Rozen, Jeet Heer; The American Prospect, Vol. 16, June 2005
Subjects: Activists--Political activity, Foreign policy--Analysis, Iran--Political aspects, Political activists--Political activity, Reformers--Political activity, Sazegara, Mohsen--Political activity, Social reformers--Political activity
...maintains his "secretariat." Pahlavi, 44, has his own group of...American neoconservatives, the Pahlavi network was cultivated in...regime change. In 2002, Pahlavi himself authored Wields of...scholar who runs a Persian-language library in London introduced him to Shary Ahy, one of Pahlavis chief political advisers...
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newspaper articles on: Pahlavi Language  - 11 results

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Khatami Defends Ahmadinejad, Iran's Nuke Plans; Ex-President Warns against Use of Force, Denies Rights Curbed
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 8, 2006
Subjects: Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, Ex-presidents--Usage, Human rights--Usage, Khatami, Mohammad
...said. "We must eliminate the language for the dialogue to be successful...spoke in Farsi, the official language of Iran, and his remarks were...week U.S. stay. Reza Pahlavi, son of the late shah who...persecuted under Mr. Khatami, Mr. Pahlavi said. "Regardless of his...
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China Wants Ahmadinejad Election Recognized
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), June 23, 2009
...Times, a recently launched English-language newspaper run by the staunchly nationalistic...editorial in the state-owned English-language China Daily called on the international...The coup reinstalled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was in turn toppled by the 1979...
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Hostage Crisis Not Talk of the Town; Past Experience Keeps out Leftists
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 4, 2007
...be processed through Irans judicial system. The avidly read Farsi-language Baztab news Web site, which is owned by a former leader of the Revolutionary...Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and reinstalled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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President's Words Worry Supporters of Israel
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 5, 2009
...unbreakable, analysts pointed to subtle but significant shifts in language that indicated that Mr. Obama was not in lock step with the...owned oil company. The coup reinstalled Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, an autocratic ruler who was subsequently overthrown in a...
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Pakistan Another Iran? Gathering Forces of Islamicism on the March
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 28, 2009
Subjects: Armies
...that ousted the pro-Western regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1979 and proceeded to execute about 7,000 counterrevolutionaries...both sides before the army prevailed in July 2007. One Urdu-language TV channel called the Taliban mazahmat kaar, the latest translation...
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encyclopedia articles on: Pahlavi Language  - 8 results

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Pahlavi Language
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PAHLAVI LANGUAGE pa l ve or Pehlevi language pa , member of the Iranian group of the Indo...subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. Pahlavi is the form of the Persian language that followed Old Persian and preceded Modern...
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Pehlevi Language
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PEHLEVI LANGUAGE see Pahlavi language . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Persian Language
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PERSIAN LANGUAGE member of the Iranian group...Indo-European family of languages (see Indo-Iranian languages). The official language of Iran, it has about 38...Old Persian. Also called Pahlavi, Middle Persian prevailed...
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Indo-European Family of Languages, The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...EUROPEAN FAMILY OF LANGUAGES, THE (table) The Indo-European Family of Languages Anatolian Hieroglypic...Plattdeutsch (see German language ) Greek Aeolic...West Iranian Kurdish, Pahlavi (Middle Persian...Subfamily Group Subgroup Languages and Principal Dialects...Asterisk indicates a dead language...
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Zoroastrianism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Avesta or the Zend Avesta Pahlavi avesta =law, zend =commentary...written in old Iranian, a language similar to Vedic Sanskrit...6th cent. a.d.) in Pahlavi, a Persian dialect used as a priestly language, under the Sassanids. Origins...
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