Abu Nasr Isma'il ibn Hammad al-Jawhari (ابو نصرإسماعيل بن حماد الجوهري) also spelled al-Jauhari (died 1002 or 1008) was a medieval Iranian [1] [2] lexicographer and the author of a notable Arabic dictionary al-Ṣiḥāḥ fī al-Lughah (الصحاح في اللغة).
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Born | Abu Nasr Isma'il ibn Hammad al-Jawhari (or al-Jauhari) |
Died | 1002 or 1008 |
Nationality | Persian |
Occupation(s) | Lexicographer, writer |
Known for | Wrote al-Ṣiḥāḥ fī al-Lughah |
He was born in the city of Farab [3] ( Otrar) in Transoxiana (in today's southern Kazakhstanor( At Greater Khorasan (in Faryab province)( Afghanistan). He began his studies of the Arabic language in Farab, [3] then studied in Baghdad, continuing among the Arabs of the Hejaz, [4] then moving to northern Khurāsān, first to Damghan before settling finally at Nishapur. [3] It was here he met his death in a failed attempt at flight from the roof of a mosque, possibly due to delusions of being a bird. [5]
In 1729 Ibrahim Muteferrika's Arabic-Turkish dictionary, based on Jawhari's, became the first book printed by printing press of Ottoman era. [10]
Abu Nasr Isma'il ibn Hammad al-Jawhari (ابو نصرإسماعيل بن حماد الجوهري) also spelled al-Jauhari (died 1002 or 1008) was a medieval Iranian [1] [2] lexicographer and the author of a notable Arabic dictionary al-Ṣiḥāḥ fī al-Lughah (الصحاح في اللغة).
Abu Nasr al-Jawhari | |
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Born | Abu Nasr Isma'il ibn Hammad al-Jawhari (or al-Jauhari) |
Died | 1002 or 1008 |
Nationality | Persian |
Occupation(s) | Lexicographer, writer |
Known for | Wrote al-Ṣiḥāḥ fī al-Lughah |
He was born in the city of Farab [3] ( Otrar) in Transoxiana (in today's southern Kazakhstanor( At Greater Khorasan (in Faryab province)( Afghanistan). He began his studies of the Arabic language in Farab, [3] then studied in Baghdad, continuing among the Arabs of the Hejaz, [4] then moving to northern Khurāsān, first to Damghan before settling finally at Nishapur. [3] It was here he met his death in a failed attempt at flight from the roof of a mosque, possibly due to delusions of being a bird. [5]
In 1729 Ibrahim Muteferrika's Arabic-Turkish dictionary, based on Jawhari's, became the first book printed by printing press of Ottoman era. [10]