Sibawayh (Sibuyeh in Persian, سيبويه Sîbawayh in Arabic, سیبویه) was a linguist of Persian origin born ca. 760 in the town of Bayza (ancient Nesayak) in the Fars province of Iran, died in Shiraz, also in the Fars, around . His full name's: ʕAmr ibn ʕUthmān ibn Qanbar - al-mulaqqab bi-"Sibawayhi". That's: "ʕAmr ibn ʕUthmān ibn Qanbar - a.k.a. Sibawayhi". He was one of the earliest and great… (More on Sibawayh)