इंसान

See also: इंसानी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• इनसान (insān), इन्सान (insān)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

इंसान • (insān) m (Urdu spelling انسان)

1. 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