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), from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Noun

انسان • (insan)

  1. human, person

Descendants

References

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Noun

انسان • (insānm (feminine 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).

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 Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Noun

اِنساَنُ • (insānum (Devanagari इन्सानु)

  1. human
    Synonym: بشر

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

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