پهلوان

See also: بهلوان

Persian

Alternative forms

• پهلوون (pahlevun) (eye-dialect)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pah.la.ˈwɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɦ.lä.wɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɦ.lä.wɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑː.lä.wɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔː.lä.wɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæɦ.le.vɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɦ.lä.vɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	pahlawān
Iranian reading?	pahlevân
Tajik reading?	pahlavon

Noun

Dari	پهلوان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	паҳлавон

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

1. strong athletic man
2. hero, paladin, champion

   Synonym: قهرمان (qahramân)

3. (archaic) army commander
4. 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 (pʻahlewan)
• → Azerbaijani: pəhləvan
• → Georgian: ფალავანი (palavani)
• → Gujarati: પહલવાન (pahalvān)
• → 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)

1. a surname. Pahlavan