إنسان

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ء ن س (ʔ-n-s), inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʾināš- (man, person).

Pronunciation

Noun

إِنْسَان (ʔinsānm (dual إِنْسَانَان (ʔinsānān), plural أَنَاسِيّ (ʔanāsiyy))

  1. human, man, person
    Synonym: بَشَر (bašar)

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ءنس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN