Pehlevi
Americannoun
noun
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The variations in the Eastern dialect brought about certain modifications in the forms of the letters, and thus there arose an Eastern alphabet of Pehlevi beside the Western alphabet.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
And David's lips are lockt; but in divine High piping Pehlevi, with 'Wine!
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
And David's lips are lockt; but in divine High-piping Pehlevi, with �Wine!
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
They repeat them in their prayers without attempting to understand them, and they acknowledge the insufficiency of every translation of the Zend-Avesta that has yet been made, either in Pehlevi, Sanskrit, Guzerati, French, or German.
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
According to the Parsis, Avesta means sacred text, Zend its Pehlevi translation.
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
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