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    10 days ago

    I guess it’s more that the word paradise (paridayjah) could be used to describe anything encircled by a wall, whether it’s a prison or a garden. I think at that time (when some form of proto-iranic was spoken) a paradise (as in heaven) would be something like hácmā.