Sibawayh

Sibawayh

Sibawayh (Arabic: سِيبَوَيْه IPA: [siːbawajh] (also pronounced IPA: [siːbaweː(h)] in many modern dialects) Sībawayh; Persian: سِیبُویه‎ Sībūye [siːbuːˈje]; c. 760–796), whose full name is Abu Bishr Amr ibn Uthman ibn Qanbar al-Basri (أَبُو بِشْر عَمْرو بْن عُثْمَان بْن قَنْبَر ٱلْبَصْرِيّ, 'Abū Bishr 'Amr ibn 'Uthmān ibn Qanbar al-Baṣrī), was a Persian leading grammarian of Basra and author of the earliest book on Arabic grammar. His famous unnamed work, referred to as Al-Kitāb, or "The Book", is a five-volume seminal discussion of the Arabic language. Ibn Qutaybah, the earliest extant source, in his biographical entry under Sibawayh simply wrote: He is Amr ibn Uthman, and he was mainly a grammarian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sibawayh has received more than 272,999 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Sibawayh is the 28th most popular linguist (down from 26th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Iran (up from 140th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Linguist.

Sibawayh is most famous for his Arabic grammar book, "Kitab Sibawayh".