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ناس

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Arabic

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Root
ن و س (n w s)
1 term

Etymology 1

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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

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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
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Descendants
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  • Maltese: nies

Etymology 2

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Verb

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نَاسَ (nāsa) I (non-past يَنُوسُ (yanūsu), verbal noun نَوْس (naws) or نَوَسَان (nawasān))

  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
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Kashmiri

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Noun

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ناس (nāsm (Devanagari नास)

  1. snuff

Saraiki

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ناس (nāsf

  1. (anatomy) nostril

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic نَاس (nās).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ناس (nāsm pl or f sg

  1. people
  2. plural of إنسان (ʔinsān)