پهلوان

See also: بهلوان‎

Persian

Alternative forms

پهلوون‎ (pahlevun) (eye-dialect)

Etymology

Ultimately from the name of the Parthians. Compare ‎ (pahlav), ‎ (pahlavi).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /pahlaˈwɑːn/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /pahlaˈwɒːn/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /pæhlæˈvɒːn/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /pahlaˈvɔːn/

Noun

Iranian Persian	پهلوان
Dari	پهلوان
Tajik	паҳлавон (pahlavon)

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

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

Related terms

پهلو‎ (pahlow)

Descendants

→ Arabic: بَهْلَوَان‎ (bahlawān)
→ Bengali: পালোয়ান (palowan)
→ Armenian: փահլեւան (pʿahlewan)
→ Azerbaijani: pəhləvan
→ Georgian: ფალავანი (palavani)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: पहलवान (pahalvān)

Urdu: پہلوان‎ (pahlvan)
→ Kazakh: палуан (paluan), балуан (baluan)
→ Malay: pahlawan
- → Indonesian: pahlawan
→ Ottoman Turkish: پهلوان‎ (pehlevân, pehlivân)
- Turkish: pehlivan
- → Bulgarian: пехливан (pehlivan)
- → Macedonian: пеливан (pelivan)
- → Greek: πεχλιβάνης (pechlivánis)
- → Romanian: pehlivan
- → Serbo-Croatian: pehlìvān / пехлѝва̄н
→ Uzbek: pahlavon

Proper noun

پهلوان • (pahlavân)

a surname. Pahlavan

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