How to say "people" in Arabic
CognateMeaningpeople
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
نَاس
nāsנאס
ناس
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אנשים
anashimأَنَاشِيم
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
أ-ن-سHebrew root
א-נ-שNās comes from the same root as insān ('human being') — cognate with Hebrew enosh (אנוש) and the plural anashim (אנשים). Hebrew sh ↔ Arabic s, just like shalom/salām.
Related Hebrew word:אנושenoshإِنُوش
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In a phrase
النَّاس فِي السُّوق
an-nās fī s-sūqא-נאס פי א-סוקThe people are at the market.