انسانیت
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Arabic إِنْسَانِيَّة (ʔinsāniyya)
Noun
انسانیت • (insaniyet)
Descendants
- Turkish: insaniyet
References
- Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “humanité”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 338
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَانِيَّة (ʔinsāniyya). By surface analysis, انسان (insān / ensân) + ـیت (-iyyat).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔin.saː.nij.ˈjat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪn.sɑː.ni.jǽt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔen.sɒː.ni.jǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔin.sɔ.ni.jǽt̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | insāniyyat |
| Dari reading? | insāniyat |
| Iranian reading? | ensâniyat |
| Tajik reading? | insoniyat |
Noun
انسانیت • (insāniyyat / ensâniyat) (Tajik spelling инсоният)
- humanity, civility, humaneness (quality of being a good human)
- Synonym: بشریت (bašariyyat)
Descendants
- → Bengali: ইনসানিয়াত (inśaniẏat)
- → Punjabi:
- → Hindustani:
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْسَانِیَّت (insāniyyat), from Arabic إِنْسَانِيَّة (ʔinsāniyya).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪn.sɑː.nɪ.jət̪/
- Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: اِنْ‧سا‧نِ‧یَت
Noun
اِنْسانِیَت • (insāniyat) f (Hindi spelling इनसानियत)
Further reading
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “انسانیت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 155
- Platts, John T. (1884) “انسانیت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 92
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “انسانیت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 79
- “انسانیت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- John Shakespear (1834) “انسانیت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
- “انسانیت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Ushojo
Etymology
From Urdu انسانیت (insānīyat).
Noun
انسانیت (insānīyat)