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Ibn Jinni

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Abū l-Fatḥ ʿUthmān ibn Jinnī, best known as Ibn Jinnī (c. 932–1002), was a specialist on Arabic grammar, a philologist, and a philosopher of language. He was born in Mosul to a Greek Christian slave of a certain Sulayman ibn Fahd ibn Ahmad al-Azdi.[1]

References

  1. ^ Bernards, Monique (2021). "Ibn Jinnī". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.