Etymology
From Classical Persian پَهْلَو (pahlaw) [the root of Classical Persian پَهْلَوِی (pahlawī), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/pahlaw/), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 (p-r-θ-v /Parθavaʰ/)] + -ist.
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