پهلوان

See also: بهلوان

Persian

Alternative forms

• پهلوون (pahlevun) (eye-dialect)

Etymology

Ultimately from the name of the Parthians.

Noun

Dari	پهلوان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	паҳлавон

پهلوان • (pahlavân, pahlevân) (plural پهلوان‌ها (pahlavân, pahlevân-hâ) or پهلوانان (pahlavân, pahlevânân))

1. strong athletic man
2. hero, paladin, champion
3. (archaic) army commander
4. wrestler

Synonyms

• (wrestler): کشتی‌گیر (košti-gir)

Derived terms

• پهلوانی (pahlavâni)
• پهلوانانه (pahlavânâne)
• جهان‌پهلوان (jahân-pahlavân)
• پهلوان‌باشی (pahlavân-bâši)
• پهلوان‌پنبه (pahlavân-pambe)

Related terms

• پهلو (Pahlow)

Descendants

• → Arabic: بَهْلَوَان (bahlawān)
• → Armenian: փահլեւան (pʻahlewan)
• → Georgian: ფალავანი (palavani)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: पहलवान (pehlavān)

  Urdu: پہلوان (pehlavān)

• → Ottoman Turkish: پهلوان (pehlevân, pehlivân)
  • Turkish: pehlivan
  • → Bulgarian: пехливан (pehlivan)
  • → Macedonian: пеливан (pelivan)
  • → Greek: πεχλιβάνης (pechlivánis)
  • → Romanian: pehlivan
  • → Serbo-Croatian: pehlìvān / пехлѝва̄н
• → Malay: pahlawan
  • → Indonesian: pahlawan

Proper noun

پهلوان • (pahlavân)

1. a surname Pahlavan