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in reply to a message by fidausi
Hi, the correct spelling is Firdausi, Ferdowsi or Firdawsi and it's an Iranian Surname. There was a famous poet with this name and there are also a few Iranian rural districts with this name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdowsi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdowsi,_Iran_(disambiguation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdowsi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdowsi,_Iran_(disambiguation)
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I thought it was actually a pseudonym? The origin is probably Avestan pairi- (cognate of peri-) + diz (form, cognate with dough) meaning a garden, often meaning garden of Eden, a word that ultimately lies at the root of paradise. This gives rise to firdaus in later Persian. Firdausi, then, is someone from paradise.
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