انسان

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).[1]

    Noun

    اِنْسَانْ • ('insān)

    1. human, person, man
      • 1330, Âşık Paşa, Garib-nâme:
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        ḫidmätä baş urdı 'insān u mäläk
        Resorted to service man[kind] and angel

    Descendants

    • Azerbaijani: insan
    • Gagauz: insan
    • Ottoman Turkish: انسان (insan)

    References

    1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “insan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

    Ottoman Turkish

    Etymology

      Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اِنْسَانْ ('insān), borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

      Noun

      انسان • (insan)

      1. human, person

      Descendants

      References

      Pashto

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

      Noun

      انسان • (insānm (female equivalent انسانه)

      1. human, man
      2. person

      References

      • Raverty, H. G. (1867), “انسان”, in A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues, London: Williams & Nortgate

      Persian

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān), from Proto-Semitic *ʔināš- (man, person).

        Pronunciation

         

        Readings
        Classical reading? insān
        Dari reading? insān
        Iranian reading? ensân
        Tajik reading? inson
        • Rhymes: -ɑːn

        Noun

        انسان • (insān / ensân) (plural انسان‌ها (insān-hā / ensân-hâ), or انسانان (insānān / ensânân), Tajik spelling инсон)

        1. human
        2. person

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        Sindhi

        Etymology

          Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْسَان (insān), borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān), from Proto-Semitic *ʔināš- (man, person).

          Noun

          اِنساَنُ • (ĩsanum (Devanagari इन्सानु)

          1. human
            Synonym: بشر (bśr)
            • 2022, Holy Bible in Muslim Sindhi[2], Pakistan Bible Society, Genesis 1:1:
              تڏهن خدا انسان کي پاڻ وانگر ٺاهي پنهنجيءَ صورت تي پيدا ڪيو. خدا نر ۽ ناري پيدا ڪري
              tḏh̃ xdā ā̃sā̃ khe pāṇ vā̃gr ṭhāhe p̃h̃jea ṣort te pedā keo. xdā ̃r a͠i nāre pedā kre
              So God created humans in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

          Declension

          Declension of اِنساَنُ (masc u-stem)
          singular plural
          nominative اِنساَنُ
          ĩsanu
          اِنساَنَ
          ĩsana
          oblique اِنساَنَ
          ĩsana
          اِنساَنَنِ
          ĩsanani
          vocative اِنساَنَ
          ĩsana
          اِنساَنو
          ĩsano

          Urdu

          Etymology

            Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْسَان (insān), borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān), from Proto-Semitic *ʔināš- (man, person).

            Pronunciation

            • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪn.sɑːn/
            • Audio (Pakistan):(file)
            • Rhymes: -ɑːn

            Noun

            اِنْسان • (insānm (Hindi spelling इन्सान or इंसान)

            1. human
              Synonyms: مَنُکھ (manukh), مَرْد (mard), بَنْدَہ (banda), مَنُشْیَہ (manuśya), مانَو (mānau), آدْمِی (ādmī), مانَس (mānas)
            2. person

            Uzbek

            Noun

            انسان (inson) (plural انسانلر)

            1. Afghan Uzbek spelling of inson

            Further reading

            • Aimaq, Dr. Fayzullah (2007), “انسان”, in فرهنگ اوزبیکی به فارسی / دری [farhang-i ōzbēkī ba fārsī / darī, Uzbek-Persian/Dari dictionary] (overall work in Persian), page 172