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Ibn Faris (Ahmad ibn Faris)

ابن فارس (أحمد بن فارس)

Notable figure c. 306–395 AH / 918–1004 CE · Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «İBN FÂRİS» (born 306 or 308 in Kürsüf, Zehrâ district of Qazvin; d. 395/1004; Muʿcemü meḳāyîsi’l-luġa, Mücmelü’l-luġa, eṣ-Ṣâḥibî)

Affiliation

Lexicographer; author of Maqayis al-lugha and al-Sahibi

Biography

Born in the village of Kursuf in the Zahra district of Qazvin. He wrote the dictionaries Muʿjam Maqayis al-lugha and Mujmal al-lugha, and al-Sahibi fi fiqh al-lugha, the first work to use 'fiqh al-lugha' (philology) as a title.