Ibn Jinni

Arabic scholar and grammarian
Person human Q6535133

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
941
Date of death
1002
Place of birth
Mosul
Place of death
Baghdad
Languages spoken, written or signed
Arabic[21]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Given name
Osman[18]
Name in native language
عثمان بن جني الموصلي[22]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikiproject:Islamic Courts & Canons[23]
Writing language
Arabic
🏷️ Also known as
en Ibn Jinni ar ابن جني ar ابن جني الموصلي ar أبو الفتح ابن جني ar عثمان بن جني ar أبو الفتح عثمان بن جني cs `Uthmān Ibn G'innī cs Abū al-Fath `Uthmān Ibn G'innī cs Abu al-Fath `Uthman ibn Jinnī cs Abū al Ibn Jinnī de Ibn Dschinni id Ibnu Jinni it Abū l-Fatḥ ʿUthmān ibn Jinnī ru Абуль-Фатх Усман ибн Джинни ru Ибн Джинни ru Осман ибн Джинни tr İbn Cinni
🔖 Identifiers · 31
VIAF cluster ID
100186496
Library of Congress authority ID
n82162157
GND ID
118925865
Arab Encyclopedia concept ID
5176
Authority file of the Iraqi Authors ID
346
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13488012v
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01366675
DDB person (GND) ID
118925865
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118925865
Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations
13899
Encyclopaedia of Islam (third edition) ID
COM-30844
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FAST ID
1825479
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1q5bfgd7k
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/441956602615
IdRef ID
035740302
IxTheo authority ID
079703232
Libris-URI
tr578ftc406whsw
NL CR AUT ID
jo2002152195
NUKAT ID
n2007153128
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007275187605171
Open Library ID
OL148572A
OpenITI author ID
0392IbnJinniMawsili
Parsifal cluster ID
717288
SBN author ID
RMSV713597
SELIBR ID
191231
Shamela author ID
830
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
ibn-cinni
Topic's main category
Wikidata item
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtX6jHfDDBcMBb9Jc8V4q

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Summary

Ibn Jinni was born in Mosul[1]. He was born on January 1, 941[2]. He passed away in Baghdad[3]. He died on January 1, 1002[4]. He worked as a writer[5], linguist[6], philologist[7], literary scholar[8], and grammarian[9].

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Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include linguistics[11], an academic discipline[24] and Arabic[12], a language[25], in Egypt[26].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include al-Khaṣāʼiṣ[13], a literary work[27]; اللمع في العربية (كتاب)[14], a literary work[28]; علل التثنية[15], a literary work[29]; and ما يحتاج اليه الكاتب من مهموز ومقصور وممدود (كتاب)[16], a literary work[30].

FAQs

Where was Ibn Jinni born?

Ibn Jinni's place of birth was Mosul[1].

Where did Ibn Jinni die?

Ibn Jinni passed away in Baghdad[3].

What did Ibn Jinni do for work?

Ibn Jinni worked as writer[5], linguist[6], philologist[7], literary scholar[8], and grammarian[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . general catalog of BnF. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002). wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002). wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002). wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . OpenITI corpus. wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002). wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · Kenshiro Taisho · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Notable work → al-Khaṣāʼiṣ, اللمع في العربية (كتاب), علل التثنية +1
    Sitelink count → 12
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'de', 'en', 'ha', 'hy', 'id', 'it', 'ro', 'ru', 'ur']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Notable work: ما يحتاج اليه الكاتب من مهموز ومقصور وممدود (كتاب)"
  2. 10w ago · ForzaGreen · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002)
    Name in native language → {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'عثمان بن جني الموصلي'}
    Given name → Osman
    Occupation → writer, linguist, philologist +3
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  3. 13w ago · Frettiebot bot · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of work → linguistics, Arabic
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  4. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → writer, linguist, philologist +3
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  5. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp01366675
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  6. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status as a creator → copyrights on works have expired
    Occupation → —
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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