Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi

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Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi was an 8th-century Arab philologist and lexicographer renowned for founding Arabic prosody and compiling one of the earliest Arabic dictionaries.

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instanceOf Arab scholar ⓘ
Muslim scholar ⓘ
founder of Arabic prosody ⓘ
lexicographer ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
birthPlace Basra ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
citizenship Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
contributedTo codification of Arabic grammar ⓘ
early Arabic lexicography ⓘ
developed metrical patterns of classical Arabic poetry ⓘ
systematic Arabic prosody (ʿarud) ⓘ
era 8th century ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
fieldOfWork Arabic grammar ⓘ
Arabic linguistics ⓘ
Quranic studies ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ
philology ⓘ
prosody ⓘ
givenName Al-Khalil ⓘ
influenced Sibawayh ⓘ
later Arabic grammarians ⓘ
knownFor Kitab al-ʿAyn ⓘ
compiling one of the earliest Arabic dictionaries ⓘ
founding the science of Arabic prosody ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
legacy foundational figure in Arabic linguistic sciences ⓘ
mainResidence Basra ⓘ
memberOf Basran school of grammar ⓘ
name Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi ⓘ
nisba al-Farahidi ⓘ
notableWork Kitab al-ʿAyn ⓘ
work on Arabic prosody (al-ʿArud) ⓘ
notedFor ascetic lifestyle ⓘ
precision in linguistic analysis ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
patronymicName ibn Ahmad ⓘ
region Basra ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
studiedUnder Abu Amr ibn al-Ala ⓘ
Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani ⓘ
teacherOf Sibawayh ⓘ

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