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al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi

al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi

Grammarian
Abu ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad ibn ‘Amr ibn Tammām al-Farāhīdī al-Azdī al-Yaḥmadī, known as al-Farāhīdī, or al-Khalīl, was an Arab philologist, lexicographer and leading grammarian of Basra based on Iraq. Wikipedia
Born: 718 AD, Oman
Died: November 1, 790 AD (age 72 years), Basrah, Iraq
Full name: Abu ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad ibn ‘Amr ibn Tammām al-Farāhīdī al-Azdī al-Yaḥmadī
Notable work(s): Kitab al-'Ayn (Dictionary)