Fereydoun

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10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
1/21/2022, 9:40 PM	Mike C	update #111
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
12/3/2009, 2:35 PM	Mike C	added

Gender Masculine

Usage Persian, Persian Mythology

Scripts فریدون(Persian)

Pronounced Pron. /fe.ɾej.ˈduːn/(Persian)

Meaning & History

Modern Persian form of Old Iranian *Thraitauna meaning "the third". In the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh this is the name of a virtuous king who ruled for 500 years. The Avestan form of the name 𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀 (Thraētaona) appears in the earlier texts of the Avesta.