انسان

See also: إنسان, أنشأن, and انشأن

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[kind] and angel

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: insan
• Gagauz: insan
• Ottoman Turkish: انسان (insan)
  • Turkish: insan
  • → Laz: ინსანი (insani)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اِنْسَانْ ('insān), from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Noun

انسان • (insan)

1. human, person

Descendants

• Turkish: insan
• → Laz: ინსანი (insani)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “insan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “انسان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 219

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Noun

انسان • (insān) m (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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔin.ˈsaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn.sɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn.sɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn.sɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔin.sɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔen.sɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔin.sɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	insān
Dari reading?	insān
Iranian reading?	ensân
Tajik reading?	inson

• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

انسان • (insān / ensân) (plural انسان‌ها (insān-hā / ensân-hâ), or انسانان (insānān / ensânân), Tajik spelling инсон)

1. human
2. person

Derived terms

• انسانی (insānī / ensâni)
• انسانیت (insāniyyat / ensâniyat)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इंसान (insān)

  Urdu: انسان (insān)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਇਨਸਾਨ (inasān)

  Shahmukhi script: انسان (insān)

• → Bengali: ইনসান (insan)

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Noun

اِنساَنُ • (insānu) m (Devanagari इन्सानु)

1. human

   Synonym: بشر (bśr)

   • 2022, Holy Bible in Muslim Sindhi‎^[2], Pakistan Bible Society, Genesis 1:1:

     تڏهن خدا انسان کي پاڻ وانگر ٺاهي پنهنجيءَ صورت تي پيدا ڪيو. خدا نر ۽ ناري پيدا ڪري

     tḏh̃ xdā ā̃sā̃ khe pāṇ vā̃gr ṭhāhe p̃h̃jea ṣort te pedā keo. xdā ̃r a͠i nāre pedā kre

     So God created humans in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪn.sɑːn/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

اِنْسان • (insān) m (Hindi spelling इन्सान or इंसान)

1. human

   Synonyms: مَنُکھ (manukh), مَرْد (mard), بَنْدَہ (banda), مَنُشْیَہ (manuśya), مانَو (mānau), آدْمِی (ādmī), مانَس (mānas)

2. person

Related terms

• انس
• انسانی
• انسانیت

Uzbek

Noun

انسان (inson) (plural انسانلر)

1. Afghan Uzbek spelling of inson

Further reading

• Aimaq, Dr. Fayzullah (2007), “انسان”, in فرهنگ اوزبیکی به فارسی / دری [farhang-i ōzbēkī ba fārsī / darī, Uzbek-Persian/Dari dictionary] (overall work in Persian), page 172