ناس

Arabic

Root
ن و س (n-w-s)

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 • (nās) pl (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

Verb

نَاسَ • (nāsa) I, non-past يَنُوسُ‎ (yanūsu)

  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 • (nās) m (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

  • IPA(key): /naːs/

Noun

ناس (nās) f

  1. (anatomy) nostril

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَاس (nās).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naːs/, [næːs]
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Noun

ناس • (nās) m pl or f sg

  1. people
  2. plural of إنسان (ʔinsān)
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