انسان

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Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

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 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

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

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Noun

اِنساَنُ (insānum (Devanagari इन्सानु)

  1. human
    Synonym: بشر

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Pronunciation

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