Firdausi

American  

[feer-dou-see] / fɪərˈdaʊ si /

Also Firdousi,

noun

1. Abul Qasim Mansu or Hasan, 932–1020, Persian poet.

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Firdausi British  

/ fɪəˈdaʊsɪ, fɪəˈduːsɪ /

noun

1. pen name of Abul Qasim Mansur ?935–1020 _ad , Persian epic poet; author of Shah Nama ( The Book of Kings ), a chronicle of the legends and history of Persia

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Example Sentences

In Nigeria's Kaduna state, Firdausi Mohammed Usman has also begun online classes.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2022

Dr. Firdausi Qadri, a leading ICDDR,B researcher, estimated last year that success there would require almost 200 million doses.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2017

His latest: a speech last week at Columbia commemorating the 1,000th anniversary of the birth of Persia's Epic Poet Firdausi.

From Time Magazine Archive

And Firdausi makes Kitabun say: "A mother's counsel is a golden treasure."

From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby

But Firdausi, Cudworth and other authors declare that neither they nor any other nation ever worshiped the sun, but merely an imaginary Deity supposed to reside in the sun.

From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey