نسل

See also: نشل and ن ش ل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن س ل (n s l)
2 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /na.sa.la/

Verb

نَسَلَ • (nasala) I (non-past يَنْسُلُ (yansulu), verbal noun نَسْل (nasl))

to beget, to sire, to father, to procreate

Conjugation

Conjugation of **نَسَلَ** (I, sound, a ~ u, full passive, verbal noun **نَسْل**)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					نَسْل nasl
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					نَاسِل nāsil
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَنْسُول mansūl
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	نَسَلْتُ nasaltu	نَسَلْتَ nasalta	نَسَلَ nasala	نَسَلْتُمَا nasaltumā	نَسَلَا nasalā	نَسَلْنَا nasalnā	نَسَلْتُمْ nasaltum	نَسَلُوا nasalū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	نَسَلْتُ nasaltu	نَسَلْتِ nasalti	نَسَلَتْ nasalat	نَسَلْتُمَا nasaltumā	نَسَلَتَا nasalatā	نَسَلْنَا nasalnā	نَسَلْتُنَّ nasaltunna	نَسَلْنَ nasalna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَنْسُلُ ʔansulu	تَنْسُلُ tansulu	يَنْسُلُ yansulu	تَنْسُلَانِ tansulāni	يَنْسُلَانِ yansulāni	نَنْسُلُ nansulu	تَنْسُلُونَ tansulūna	يَنْسُلُونَ yansulūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَنْسُلُ ʔansulu	تَنْسُلِينَ tansulīna	تَنْسُلُ tansulu	تَنْسُلَانِ tansulāni	تَنْسُلَانِ tansulāni	نَنْسُلُ nansulu	تَنْسُلْنَ tansulna	يَنْسُلْنَ yansulna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَنْسُلَ ʔansula	تَنْسُلَ tansula	يَنْسُلَ yansula	تَنْسُلَا tansulā	يَنْسُلَا yansulā	نَنْسُلَ nansula	تَنْسُلُوا tansulū	يَنْسُلُوا yansulū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَنْسُلَ ʔansula	تَنْسُلِي tansulī	تَنْسُلَ tansula	تَنْسُلَا tansulā	تَنْسُلَا tansulā	نَنْسُلَ nansula	تَنْسُلْنَ tansulna	يَنْسُلْنَ yansulna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَنْسُلْ ʔansul	تَنْسُلْ tansul	يَنْسُلْ yansul	تَنْسُلَا tansulā	يَنْسُلَا yansulā	نَنْسُلْ nansul	تَنْسُلُوا tansulū	يَنْسُلُوا yansulū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَنْسُلْ ʔansul	تَنْسُلِي tansulī	تَنْسُلْ tansul	تَنْسُلَا tansulā	تَنْسُلَا tansulā	نَنْسُلْ nansul	تَنْسُلْنَ tansulna	يَنْسُلْنَ yansulna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اُنْسُلْ unsul		اُنْسُلَا unsulā			اُنْسُلُوا unsulū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		اُنْسُلِي unsulī		اُنْسُلَا unsulā			اُنْسُلْنَ unsulna

passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	نُسِلْتُ nusiltu	نُسِلْتَ nusilta	نُسِلَ nusila	نُسِلْتُمَا nusiltumā	نُسِلَا nusilā	نُسِلْنَا nusilnā	نُسِلْتُمْ nusiltum	نُسِلُوا nusilū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	نُسِلْتُ nusiltu	نُسِلْتِ nusilti	نُسِلَتْ nusilat	نُسِلْتُمَا nusiltumā	نُسِلَتَا nusilatā	نُسِلْنَا nusilnā	نُسِلْتُنَّ nusiltunna	نُسِلْنَ nusilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُنْسَلُ ʔunsalu	تُنْسَلُ tunsalu	يُنْسَلُ yunsalu	تُنْسَلَانِ tunsalāni	يُنْسَلَانِ yunsalāni	نُنْسَلُ nunsalu	تُنْسَلُونَ tunsalūna	يُنْسَلُونَ yunsalūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُنْسَلُ ʔunsalu	تُنْسَلِينَ tunsalīna	تُنْسَلُ tunsalu	تُنْسَلَانِ tunsalāni	تُنْسَلَانِ tunsalāni	نُنْسَلُ nunsalu	تُنْسَلْنَ tunsalna	يُنْسَلْنَ yunsalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُنْسَلَ ʔunsala	تُنْسَلَ tunsala	يُنْسَلَ yunsala	تُنْسَلَا tunsalā	يُنْسَلَا yunsalā	نُنْسَلَ nunsala	تُنْسَلُوا tunsalū	يُنْسَلُوا yunsalū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُنْسَلَ ʔunsala	تُنْسَلِي tunsalī	تُنْسَلَ tunsala	تُنْسَلَا tunsalā	تُنْسَلَا tunsalā	نُنْسَلَ nunsala	تُنْسَلْنَ tunsalna	يُنْسَلْنَ yunsalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُنْسَلْ ʔunsal	تُنْسَلْ tunsal	يُنْسَلْ yunsal	تُنْسَلَا tunsalā	يُنْسَلَا yunsalā	نُنْسَلْ nunsal	تُنْسَلُوا tunsalū	يُنْسَلُوا yunsalū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُنْسَلْ ʔunsal	تُنْسَلِي tunsalī	تُنْسَلْ tunsal	تُنْسَلَا tunsalā	تُنْسَلَا tunsalā	نُنْسَلْ nunsal	تُنْسَلْنَ tunsalna	يُنْسَلْنَ yunsalna

Etymology 2

Root
ن س ل (n s l)
2 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nasl/

Noun

نَسْل • (nasl) m (plural أَنْسَال (ʔansāl))

verbal noun of نَسَلَ (nasala) (form I)
progeny, offspring

Declension

Declension of noun **نَسْل** (nasl)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نَسْل nasl	النَّسْل an-nasl	نَسْل nasl
nominative	نَسْلٌ naslun	النَّسْلُ an-naslu	نَسْلُ naslu
accusative	نَسْلًا naslan	النَّسْلَ an-nasla	نَسْلَ nasla
genitive	نَسْلٍ naslin	النَّسْلِ an-nasli	نَسْلِ nasli
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	نَسْلَيْن naslayn	النَّسْلَيْن an-naslayn	نَسْلَيْ naslay
nominative	نَسْلَانِ naslāni	النَّسْلَانِ an-naslāni	نَسْلَا naslā
accusative	نَسْلَيْنِ naslayni	النَّسْلَيْنِ an-naslayni	نَسْلَيْ naslay
genitive	نَسْلَيْنِ naslayni	النَّسْلَيْنِ an-naslayni	نَسْلَيْ naslay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَنْسَال ʔansāl	الْأَنْسَال al-ʔansāl	أَنْسَال ʔansāl
nominative	أَنْسَالٌ ʔansālun	الْأَنْسَالُ al-ʔansālu	أَنْسَالُ ʔansālu
accusative	أَنْسَالًا ʔansālan	الْأَنْسَالَ al-ʔansāla	أَنْسَالَ ʔansāla
genitive	أَنْسَالٍ ʔansālin	الْأَنْسَالِ al-ʔansāli	أَنْسَالِ ʔansāli

Descendants

Maltese: nisel
→ Azerbaijani: nəsil
→ Chagatai: نَسْل
- Uyghur: نەسىل (nesil)
- Uzbek: nasl
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: नस्ल (nasla)
- Urdu: نسل (nasl)
→ Kazakh: нәсіл (näsıl)
→ Ottoman Turkish: نسل (nesl)
- Turkish: nesil
→ Pashto: نسل (nasl)
→ Persian: نسل (nasl)
→ Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਨਸਲ (nasal)
- Shahmukhi script: نَسْل (nasl)
→ Tatar: нәсел (näsel)
→ Turkmen: nesil

Etymology 3

Verb

نسل (form I)

نَسَلْ (nasal) /na.sal/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of سَأَلَ (saʔala)
نُسَلْ (nusal) /nu.sal/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of سَأَلَ (saʔala)

Etymology 4

Verb

نسل (form I)

نَسِلْ (nasil) /na.sil/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of سَالَ (sāla)
نَسَلْ (nasal) /na.sal/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of سَالَ (sāla)
نُسَلْ (nusal) /nu.sal/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of سَالَ (sāla)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَسْل (nasl, “progeny, offspring”).

Noun

نسل • (nesl) (plural انسال (ensal))

lineage, ancestry, stock, descent, the descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage
Synonyms: ذریت (zürriyet), صوی (soy)
race, breed, strain, a group of people distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics
Synonyms: صوپ (sop), صوی (soy)
offspring, progeny, issue, any of a person's descendants, including of further generations
Synonym: ذریت (zürriyet)

Derived terms

نسلی (nesli, “pertaining to issue and posterity”)
نسلی منقرض اولمق (nesli münkarız olmak, “for one's whole race to die out and be extinct”)

Descendants

Turkish: nesil

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَسْل (nasl).

Noun

نسل • (nasl) m

generation

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَسْل (nasl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈnasl/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näsl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näsl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näsl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næsl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näsl]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nasl
Dari reading^?	nasl
Iranian reading^?	nasl
Tajik reading^?	nasl

Noun


Iranian Persian	نسل
Dari	نسل
Tajik	насл

نسل • (nasl) (plural نسل‌ها)

generation
― nasl-hâ-ye ba'di ― later generations
race, kind
― nasl-e bašar ― the human race
offspring; progeny
- late 1300s, Hafez, Poetic fragment of a panegyric attributed to Hafez‎^[6]:
  سال و فال و مال و حال و اصل و نسل و تخت و بخت
  بادت اندر شهریاری، برقرار و بر دوام
  سال خرّم، فال نیکو، مال وافر، حال خوش
  اصل ثابت، نسل باقی، تخت عالی، بخت رام
  sāl u fāl u māl u hāl u asl u nasl u taxt u baxt
  bād-at andar šahryārī, bar qarār u bar dawām
  sāl-i xurram, fāl-i nēkū, māl-i wāfir, hāl-i xwaš,
  asl-i sābit, nasl-i bāqī, taxt-i ālī, baxt-i rām
  Years, fate, property, condition, ancestry, progeny, throne, destiny
  May you have in your regal status, stable and eternal;
  Joyful years, a fortunate fate, abundant property, a happy condition,
  Steadfast ancestry, durable progeny, a sublime throne, an obedient destiny.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَسْل (nasl).

Noun

نَسْل • (nasl) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਸਲ)

ethnicity, people, stock

Synonyms

(people): قوم (qaum)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَسْل (nasl).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nəsl/

Noun

نسل • (nasl) f (Hindi spelling नस्ल)

race, ethnic group
family, lineage
Synonyms: ونش (vanś), خاندان (xāndān)
stock, breed (of animal)
generation
Synonym: پیڑھی (pīṛhī)

Derived terms

نسل پرست (nasl parast)
نسل پرستی (nasl parastī)

References

“نسل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Platts, John T. (1884) “نسل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نسل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Descendants

Etymology 3

Verb

Etymology 4

Verb

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Pashto

Etymology

Noun

Persian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Punjabi

Etymology

Noun

Synonyms

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

References

Ushojo

Etymology

Noun