Editing Ferdowsi (section)

== Name ==
Except for his ''[[kunya (Arabic)|kunya]]'' ({{lang|fa|ابوالقاسم}} – {{lang|fa-Latn|Abul-Qâsem}}, meaning 'father of Qasem') and his [[Takhallus|pen name]] ({{lang|fa|فِردَوسی}} – ''Ferdowsī'', meaning '[[Paradise|paradisic]]'), nothing is known with any certainty about his full name. According to Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh, the information given by the 13th-century author [[Bundari]] about Ferdowsi's name should be taken as the most reliable. Bundari calls the poet al-Amir al-Hakim Abu'l-Qasem Mansur ibn al-Hasan al-Ferdowsi al-Tusi.{{efn|''Al-Amir'' and ''al-Hakim'' are honorary titles. ''Abu'l-Qasem'' is a ''kunya''. ''Mansur'' is a given name. ''Ibn al-Hasan'' is a patronymic ('son of Hasan'). ''Al-Ferdowsi'' is a pen name (''[[takhallus]]''). ''Al-Tusi'' is a ''[[Nisba (onomastics)|nisba]]'' ('from Tus').}} From an early period on, he has been referred to by different additional names and titles, the most common one being {{lang|fa|حکیم}} / {{lang|fa-Latn|Hakīm}} ("philosopher").{{sfn|Khaleghi-Motlagh|1999|pp=514–523}} Based on this, his full name is given in [[Persian language|Persian]] sources as {{lang|fa|حکیم ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی}} / {{lang|fa-Latn|Hakīm Abol-Qâsem Ferdowsī Tusī}}. Due to the non-standardised transliteration from Persian into English, different spellings of his name are used in English works, including ''Firdawsi'', ''Firdusi'', ''Firdosi'', ''Firdausi'', etc. The ''[[Encyclopaedia of Islam]]'' uses the spelling ''Firdawsī'', based on the standardised transliteration method of the [[Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft|German Oriental Society]].<ref name="EI">Huart/Massé/Ménage: ''Firdawsī''. In: ''[[Encyclopaedia of Islam]].'' New Edition. Brill, Leiden. CD-Version (2011)</ref> The ''[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]'', which uses a modified version of the same method (with a stronger emphasis on modern Persian intonations), gives the spelling ''Ferdowsī''.{{sfn|Khaleghi-Motlagh|1999|pp=514–523}}{{Efn|The spelling ''Ferdowsi'' is based on the modern Iranian Persian pronunciation, while ''Firdawsi'' reflects the historical pronunciation. The diphthong {{lang|fa-Latn|ow}} of modern Iranian Persian was historically pronounced as {{lang|fa-Latn|aw}}. This is also how it is pronounced in modern Dari (Afghan Persian). The 'short' vowel {{lang|fa-Latn|e}} of modern Iranian Persian was historically pronounced {{lang|fa-Latn|i}} (modern Dari pronunciation is closer to the latter).{{Sfn|Maggi|Orsatti|2018|pp=33-34}}}} The modern [[Tajik language|Tajik]] transliteration of his name in [[Tajik alphabet#Cyrillic|Tajik Cyrillic]] is {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ҳаким Абулқосим Фирдавсӣ Тӯсӣ}} (''Hakim Abdulqosim Firdavsí Tŭsí'').