Arabic edit

Root
ن و س (n-w-s)

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

نَاس (nāspl (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 edit
Descendants edit
  • Maltese: nies

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

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 edit

Kashmiri edit

Noun edit

ناس (nāsm (Devanagari नास)

  1. snuff

Saraiki edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit नासा (nāsā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHsaH, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- (nose). Doublet of نَکّ (nakk).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ناس (nāsf

  1. (anatomy) nostril

South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic نَاس (nās).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /naːs/, [næːs]
  • (file)

Noun edit

ناس (nāsm pl or f sg

  1. people
  2. plural of إنسان (ʔinsān)