Ibn Jinni

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D3D3D3; color:black;" |Rayuwa ta mutumAn haife shi932 CEMosul, IrakiYa mutu1002 CEBaghdad, IrakiBagadaza, IrakiAyyuka masu ban sha'awaal-Khasa'isAikiMasanin harshe, Grammarrian, Phonologist colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:
D3D3D3; color:black;" |Rayuwar addiniAddiniMusulunciMalamaiAbu 'Ali al-Farisi, al-Akhfash, al-Mutanabbi

Abū l-Fatḥ ʿUthmān ibn Jinnī, wanda aka fi sani da Ibn Jinni (lit. ''; 932-1002), masanin harshe ne na Larabci, masanin ilimin lissafi, kuma masanin ilimin sauti na zuriyar Helenanci, sananne ne saboda gudummawar da ya bayar ga harshen Larabci. Ayyukansa a cikin Falsafar harshe da ilimin lissafi sun taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen inganta nazarin ilimin harshe a cikin Larabci. Ayyukansa mafi tasiri, al-Khasā'is ("The Characteristics"), ya zurfafa cikin asalin harshen Larabci, tunani na analog a cikin harshe, da kuma tushen falsafar ka'idar harshe. Gudummawar Ibn Jinni ta fadada nazarin ilimin harshe na Larabci don haɗawa da phonetics da morphophonology, yana nuna ci gaba mai mahimmanci a fagen. Ya yi karatu na tsawon shekaru 40 a karkashin sanannen masanin ilimin lissafi Abu Ali al-Farisi kuma yana da alaƙa da mawaki al-Mutanabbi . Ibn Jinni ya bambanta kansa a matsayin mai sharhi na farko a kan waƙoƙin al-Mutanabbi, ya kafa tushe a cikin nazarin wallafe-wallafen da sukar. Da yake aiki a matsayin malami a kotun Buwayhid, tasirin Ibn Jinni ya wuce ilimi, yana ƙarfafa rawar da ya taka a matsayin babban mutum a ci gaban tunanin harshe na Larabci.

 Sunan 
Sunan "Jinn" wani nau'i ne na harshen Larabci na sunan Girkanci Gennaios (γενναῖος), ma'ana "mai daraja" ko "na haihuwa mai daraja". Ibn Jinni da kansa ya ambaci an kira mahaifinsa "fāḍilan" (mai daraja) a cikin Girkanci ("bi-l-rūmiyyah"), yana nufin harshen mutanen Byzantine masu magana da Helenanci waɗanda suka bayyana kansu a matsayin <i id="mwHA">Rhōmaîoi</i>, ko Romawa. Gennaios ya kasance bawa ne na Girka wanda Sulayman ibn Fahd, mai kula da Qirwash ibn Muqallid, 'gwamnan Uqaylid na Mosul.  Yana da mahimmanci a lura cewa "Jinni" a nan a cikin sunan Ibn Jinni bai kamata a rikita shi da nau'i ɗaya ("jinni") na Jinn gaba ɗaya ba.

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