إنسان

See also: انسان, أنشأن, and انشأن

Arabic

Root
ء ن س (ʔ-n-s)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔināš- (“man, person”). Has the form of a verbal noun , as if from أَنِسَ (ʔanisa, “to sense (visually or auditorily)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔin.saːn/

Noun

إِنْسَان • (ʔinsān) m (plural أَنَاسِيّ (ʔanāsiyy))

1. human

   Synonym: بَشَر (bašar)

Declension

Declension of noun إِنْسَان (ʔinsān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِنْسَان ʔinsān	الْإِنْسَان al-ʔinsān	إِنْسَان ʔinsān
Nominative	إِنْسَانٌ ʔinsānun	الْإِنْسَانُ al-ʔinsānu	إِنْسَانُ ʔinsānu
Accusative	إِنْسَانًا ʔinsānan	الْإِنْسَانَ al-ʔinsāna	إِنْسَانَ ʔinsāna
Genitive	إِنْسَانٍ ʔinsānin	الْإِنْسَانِ al-ʔinsāni	إِنْسَانِ ʔinsāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِنْسَانَيْن ʔinsānayn	الْإِنْسَانَيْن al-ʔinsānayn	إِنْسَانَيْ ʔinsānay
Nominative	إِنْسَانَانِ ʔinsānāni	الْإِنْسَانَانِ al-ʔinsānāni	إِنْسَانَا ʔinsānā
Accusative	إِنْسَانَيْنِ ʔinsānayni	الْإِنْسَانَيْنِ al-ʔinsānayni	إِنْسَانَيْ ʔinsānay
Genitive	إِنْسَانَيْنِ ʔinsānayni	الْإِنْسَانَيْنِ al-ʔinsānayni	إِنْسَانَيْ ʔinsānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنَاسِي ʔanāsī	الْأَنَاسِي al-ʔanāsī	أَنَاسِي ʔanāsī
Nominative	أَنَاسِيُّ ʔanāsiyyu	الْأَنَاسِيُّ al-ʔanāsiyyu	أَنَاسِيُّ ʔanāsiyyu
Accusative	أَنَاسِيَّ ʔanāsiyya	الْأَنَاسِيَّ al-ʔanāsiyya	أَنَاسِيَّ ʔanāsiyya
Genitive	أَنَاسِيَّ ʔanāsiyya	الْأَنَاسِيِّ al-ʔanāsiyyi	أَنَاسِيِّ ʔanāsiyyi

Related terms

• إِنْس (ʔins)

Descendants

• Cypriot Arabic: intsan
• → Armenian: ինսան (insan)
• → Azerbaijani: insan
• → Bashkir: инсан (insan)
• → Bengali: ইনসান (insan)
• → Kyrgyz: инсан (insan)
• → Malay: insan / انسان
• Ottoman Turkish: انسان (insan)
  • Turkish: insan
    • → Laz: ინსანი (insani)
• → Persian: انسان (ensân)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: इंसान (insān)

    Urdu: انسان (insān)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਇਨਸਾਨ (inasān)

    Shahmukhi script: انسان (insān)

• → Tajik: инсон (inson)
• → Tatar: инсан (insan)
• → Turkmen: ynsan
• → Urdu: انسان (insān)
• → Uyghur: ئىنسان (insan)
• → Uzbek: inson

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ءنس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔin.saːn/

Noun

إنسان • (ʔinsān) m (plural ناس (nās), feminine إنسانة (ʔinsāna))

1. human being, person

   Synonym: بنادم (bnādim, bnādam)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔin.saːn/, [ʔinˈsæːn]

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Noun

إنسان • (ʔinsān) m (plural ناس (nās), feminine إنسانة (ʔinsāne))

1. human being, person

   Synonym: بني آدم (bani ʔādam)

See also

• شخص (šaḵṣ, “person, individual”)