Linguists from Iran

Persian Islamic polymath (died 895)

Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari (; 1074 –1143) was a medieval Muslim scholar of Iranian descent. He travelled to Mecca and settled there for five years and has been known since then as 'Jar Allah' (God's Neighbor). He was a Mu'tazilite theologian, linguist, poet and interpreter of the Quran. He is best known for his book Al-Kashshaf, which interprets and linguistically analyzes Quranic expressions and the use of figurative speech for conveying meaning. This work is a primary source for all major linguists.

Sibawayh ( (also pronounced in many modern dialects) ; ' ; ), whose full name is Abu Bishr Amr ibn Uthman ibn Qanbar al-Basri (, '), was a Persian leading grammarian of Basra and author of the Third 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.

Iranian academic (1890–1946)

lexicographer, linguist and satirist (1879-1959)

Iranian historian and linguist (1920–2018)

Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Thaʿālibī () (961–1038), was an Arab writer famous for his anthologies and collections of epigrams. As a writer of prose and verse in his own right, distinction between his and the work of others is sometimes lacking, as was the practice of writers of the time.

Russian orientalist, historian and philologist

Iranian bibliographer, historian (1925–2011)

13th-century Islamic scholar and rhetorician

Iranian academic (1914–1971)

Firuzabadi ( ; 1329–1414), whose proper name was '''Abu 'l-Ṭāhir Muḥammad ib Yaʿqūb ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Majd al-Dīn al-Shāfiʿī al-Shīrāzī' (), was a Persian Sunni Muslim polymath. He excelled in hadith, grammar, philology, history, literature, poetry and Islamic jurisprudence. He was a revered narrator and preserver of Prophetic traditions. Regarded as a major linguist and one of the prominent scholars of the 15th century. He was one of the leading lexicographers in the medieval Islamic world. He was the compiler of Al-Qāmūs al-Muḥīṭ "The Encompassing Ōkeanós''", a comprehensive Arabic di

Iranian Iranologist and university professor

Iranian scholar of Persian literature and culture (1904–1970)

Iranian scholar (1914-1990)

Iranian scientist

Iranian translator, linguist, academic and Iranian poet (1886-1968)

Iranian-Swedish academic

Armenian professor

10th-century Arabic grammarian and Qur'anic scholar

Iranian linguist

Iranian politician, linguist, poet

Iranian writer and translator (1929–2016)

10th-century Persian grammarian of Arabic

Arab linguist and poet of Persian origin (819–893)

Iranian academic (1938–2021)

Armenian linguist (1881-1951)

Iranian academic (1930-1994)

Iraqi linguist

Iranian academic

Iranian academic (1937-1997)

Iranian writer

Iranian Linguist, Translator, University Professor (1956 - 2023)

Iranian poet, literary and musician (1855-1920)

Iranian linguist (1929–2020)

American philosopher

Iranian linguist

Iranian scholar (1919-2008)

Iranian writer (1952–2025)

Iranian historian

Iranian linguist