ইনসান

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْسَان (insān), from Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /insan/, [ˈinsan]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /insan/, [ˈinsan]
    Audio:(file)

Noun

ইনসান • (insan)

  1. man, human, person
    ইনসান মহান স্রষ্টার শ্রেষ্ঠ সৃষ্টি।
    inośan mohan srośṭar sreśṭho sriśṭi.
    Man is the best creation of the great Creator.
    • Mohitlal Majumdar:
      খুদার বান্দা ইন্‌সান সেই, নাই তার নিস্তার।
      khudar banda in‌śan śei, nai tar nistar.
      The servant of God is that man, who has no exemption.

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative ইনসান (insan)
objective ইনসানকে (insan (semantically general or indefinite) / insanke (semantically definite))
genitive ইনসানের (insaner)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ইনসানটা, ইনসানটি (insanṭa (colloquial), insanṭi (formal)) ইনসানেরা (insanera)
objective ইনসানটাকে, ইনসানটিকে (insanṭake (colloquial), insanṭike (formal)) ইনসানদের(কে) (insander(ke))
genitive ইনসানটার, ইনসানটির (insanṭar (colloquial), insanṭir (formal)) ইনসানদের (insander)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Synonyms

  • বনি আদম (boni adom)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ইনসান”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-Bengali], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
  • “ইনসান”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
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