انسانیت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Arabic إِنْسَانِيَّة (ʔinsāniyya)

Noun

انسانیت • (insaniyet)

1. humanity

Descendants

• Turkish: insaniyet

References

• Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “humanité”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 338

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْسَانِيَّة (ʔinsāniyya). By surface analysis, انسان (ensân) +‎ ـیت (-iyyat).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔin.sɑː.nij.ˈjat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn.sɑː.ni.jǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn.sɑː.ni.jǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn.sɑː.ni.jǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔin.sɔː.ni.jǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔen.sɒː.nij.jǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔin.sɔ.ni.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	insāniyyat
Dari reading?	insāniyat
Iranian reading?	ensâniyyat
Tajik reading?	insoniyat

Noun

انسانیت • (ensâniyyat)

1. humanity, civility, humaneness (quality of being a good human)

   Synonym: بشریت (bašariyyat)

Descendants

• → Bengali: ইনসানিয়াত (inśaniẏat)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਇਨਸਾਨੀਅਤ (insānīat)

  Shahmukhi script: انسانیت (insānīyat)

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इनसानियत (insāniyat)

  Urdu: انسانیت (insāniyat)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْسَانِیَّت (insāniyyat), from Arabic إِنْسَانِيَّة (ʔinsāniyya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪn.sɑː.nɪ.jət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: اِنْ‧سا‧نِ‧یَت

Noun

اِنْسانِیَت • (insāniyat) f (Hindi spelling इनसानियत)

1. humanity

Further reading

• S. W. Fallon (1879) “انسانیت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 155
• Platts, John T. (1884) “انسانیت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 92
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “انسانیت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 79
• “انسانیت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• John Shakespear (1834) “انسانیت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• “انسانیت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu انسانیت (insānīyat).

Noun

انسانیت (insānīyat)

1. humanity