انسان

See also: إنسان, أنشأن, and انشأن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Noun

انسان • (insan)

1. human, person

Descendants

• Turkish: insan

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

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

From Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	i
Dari reading?	i
Iranian reading?	e
Tajik reading?	i

• Rhymes: -ân

Noun

Dari	انسان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	инсон

انسان • (ensân) (plural انسان‌ها (ensân-hâ))

1. human
2. person

Related terms

• انسانی (ensâni)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इंसान (insān)

  Urdu: انسان (insān)

---

Sindhi

Etymology

From Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Noun

اِنساَنُ • (insān) m (Devanagari इन्सानु)

1. human

   Synonym: بشر

---

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. human
2. person

Related terms

• انس
• انسانی
• انسانیت