پهلوان
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See also: بهلوان
Persian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- پهلوون (pahlevun) (eye-dialect)
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from the name of the Parthians. Compare پهلو (pahlav), پهلوی (pahlavi).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [pah.la.ˈwɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰæɦ.læ.vɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰäɦ.lä.vɔ́n]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | pahlawān |
Dari reading? | pahlawān |
Iranian reading? | pahlavân |
Tajik reading? | pahlavon |
Noun[edit]
Dari | پهلوان |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | паҳлавон |
پهلوان • (pahlavân, pahlevân) (plural پهلوانها (pahlavân, pahlevân-hâ) or پهلوانان (pahlavân, pahlevânân))
- strong athletic man
- hero, paladin, champion
- Synonym: قهرمان (qahramân)
- (archaic) army commander
- wrestler
- Synonym: کشتیگیر (košti-gir)
Derived terms[edit]
- پهلوانی (pahlavâni)
- پهلوانانه (pahlavânâne)
- جهانپهلوان (jahân-pahlavân)
- پهلوانباشی (pahlavân-bâši)
- پهلوانپنبه (pahlavân-panbe)
Related terms[edit]
- پهلو (pahlow)
Descendants[edit]
- → Arabic: بَهْلَوَان (bahlawān)
- → Bengali: পালোয়ান (palowan)
- → Armenian: փահլեւան (pʻahlewan)
- → Azerbaijani: pəhləvan
- → Georgian: ფალავანი (palavani)
- → Gujarati: પહલવાન (pahalvān)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kazakh: палуан (paluan), балуан (baluan)
- → Malay: pahlawan
- → Indonesian: pahlawan
- → Ottoman Turkish: پهلوان (pehlevân, pehlivân)
- → Uzbek: pahlavon
Proper noun[edit]
پهلوان • (pahlavân)