इंसान

See also: इंसानी

Hindi

Alternative forms

इनसान (insān), इन्सान (insān)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (insān), from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān). Compare Bengali ইনসান (insan), Punjabi ਇਨਸਾਨ (insān).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɪn.sɑːn/, [ɪ̃n.sä̃ːn]
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Noun

इंसान • (insān) m (Urdu spelling انسان)

human, man
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:मनुष्य

वह इंसान नहीं, हैवान है। ― vah insān nahī̃, haivān hai. ― He is not a human, but a beast.

Declension

Declension of इंसान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इंसान insān	इंसान insān
oblique	इंसान insān	इंसानों insānõ
vocative	इंसान insān	इंसानो insāno

Related terms

इनसानियत (insāniyat)
इनसानी (insānī)

References

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “इंसान”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “इंसान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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