إنسان

See also: انسان, أنشأن, and انشأن

Arabic

Root
ء ن س (ʔ n s)
17 terms

Alternative forms

(dated) إِنْسَٰن (ʔinsān)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *ʔināš-

Arabic إنسان

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔināš- (“man, person”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔin.saːn/
Audio (Modern Standard Arabic): (file)

Noun

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

human
Synonym: بَشَر (bašar)

Declension

Declension of noun **إِنْسَان** (ʔinsān)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	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
plural	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), իսան (isan)
→ Bashkir: инсан (insan)
→ Kyrgyz: инсан (insan)
→ Malay: insan
→ Old Anatolian Turkish: انسان ('insān)
- Azerbaijani: insan
- Gagauz: insan
- 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)
- → Bengali: ইনসান (insan)
→ 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))

human being, person
Synonym: بنادم (bnādim, bnādam)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔin.saːn/, [ʔinˈsæːn]
Audio (al-Lidd): (file)

Noun

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

human being, person
Synonym: بني آدم (bani ʔādam)