ناس

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Arabic

Root
ن و س (n w s)
1 term

Etymology 1

Back-formation from النَّاس (an-nās), contraction of الْأُنَاس (al-ʔunās). Cognate with Aramaic אֲנָשָׁא (ʾănāšā), Classical Syriac ܐܲܢܵܫܵܐ, ܢܵܫܵܐ (ʾanāšā, nāšā), Biblical Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ (ʾĕnōš) (whence English Enos).

Noun

نَاس (nāspl (plural only)

  1. mankind, people, humans
    Alternative form: أُنَاس (ʔunās)
    فِي السُّوقِ، يُوجَدُ الْكَثِيرُ مِنْ النَّاسِ.
    fī s-sūqi, yūjadu l-kaṯīru min an-nāsi.
    In the market, many people are found.
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: nies

Etymology 2

Verb

نَاسَ (nāsa) I (non-past يَنُوسُ (yanūsu), verbal noun نَوْس (naws) or نَوَسَان (nawasān))

  1. to dangle, to swing, to quiver
    • 2013, أحمد سعداوي, chapter VII, in فرانكشتاين في بغداد, →ISBN:
      مَا ٱلَّذِي سَيَقُولُهُ ٱلْآنَ لِهٰذَا ٱلصَّحَفِيِّ ٱلشَّابِّ ٱلَّذِي يَنُوسُ بِرَأْسِهِ مِنْ ثِقَلِ ٱلسُّكْرِ
      mā llaḏī sayaqūluhu l-ʔāna lihāḏā ṣ-ṣaḥafiyyi š-šābbi llaḏī yanūsu biraʔsihi min ṯiqali s-sukri
      Now, what would he tell this young journalist, whose head was lolling drunkenly.
Conjugation

Kashmiri

Noun

ناس (nāsm (Devanagari नास)

  1. snuff

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नासा (nāsā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHsaH, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- (nose). Doublet of نَکّ (nakk).

Pronunciation

Noun

ناس (nāsf

  1. (anatomy) nostril

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَاس (nās).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naːs/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

ناس (nāsm pl or f sg

  1. people
  2. plural of إنسان (ʔinsān)