firdousi

Fir·dau·si

[feer-dou-see]
noun
( Abul Qasim Mansu or Hasan ) 932–1020, Persian poet.
Also, Ferdus, Fir·dou·si, Fir·du·si [fer-doo-see] .
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Firdausi or Firdusi (fɪəˈdaʊsɪ, fɪəˈduːsɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
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
 
Firdusi or Firdusi
 
n

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Firdousi is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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