أناس

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *ʔināš-. Cognate with Aramaic אֲנָשָׁא (ʾănāšā), Classical Syriac ܐܲܢܵܫܵܐ, ܢܵܫܵܐ (ʾanāšā, nāšā), Biblical Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ (ʾĕnōš) (whence English Enos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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أُنَاس (ʔunāspl (plural only)

  1. persons, people
    Synonym: نَاس (nās)
  2. a group of people
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:71:
      يَوْمَ نَدْعُو كُلَّ أُنَاسٍ بِإِمَامِهِمْ فَمَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَابَهُمْ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا
      yawma nadʕū kulla ʔunāsin biʔimāmihim faman ʔūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi faʔūlāʔika yaqraʔūna kitābahum walā yuẓlamūna fatīlan
      A day when We would call every people along with their leader and chief, and the one given their book in their right hand would read their book, and injustice would not be done to them [even] as much as a thread [inside a date seed].

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