How do you say "Anas" in Arabic?

أَنَس (ʾanas) — a common Arabic given name from the root ا ن س, carrying the sense of sociableness and companionship.

What does the name Anas mean?

It ties to أُنْس/أَنَس, the verbal noun for friendliness, ease, and cheer in someone's company — the opposite of wahsha (wildness or estrangement).

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أُنْسُAnas in Arabic

أُنْسُ is how you say “Anas” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Root ا ن س (ʾ-n-s)proper noun (given name); drawn from the verbal noun (maṣdar) of أَنِسَPronounced ʾanas

Meaning of Anas in Arabic

sociableness, companionship — being friendly, familiar, and at ease in another's company — the underlying maṣdar sense the name is built on
cheer, comfort, ease of heart felt in someone's presence — given as the opposite of wahsha (wildness, shyness, estrangement)

The name carries the root's core sense of sociableness — warmth and ease in another's company — set against wahsha (wildness, shyness, estrangement) elsewhere in the lexicon. Related forms cover the same field: أَنِسَ "to feel at ease with someone," آنَسَ "to cheer or reassure," and اسْتَأْنَسَ, used in the Qur'an (24:27) for asking permission before entering a home.

Words from the same root

أُنْسٌsociableness, companionship (the more common form of the verbal noun)
أَنِسَto be sociable, friendly, or at ease with someone (form I verb)
آنَسَto cheer, comfort, or reassure someone; also to perceive, see, or come to know
اسْتَأْنَسَto become familiar or tame; to ask permission before entering (Qur'an 24:27)
إِنْسَانٌa human being
إِنْسِىٌّa human, as opposed to a wild creature

Common questions

How do you say "Anas" in Arabic?: أَنَس (ʾanas) — a common Arabic given name from the root ا ن س, carrying the sense of sociableness and companionship.
What does the name Anas mean?: It ties to أُنْس/أَنَس, the verbal noun for friendliness, ease, and cheer in someone's company — the opposite of wahsha (wildness or estrangement).

Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).

Example sentences

يَقُولُ أُنْسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ
Anas ibn Malik says, "I heard the Messenger of God say."
أُنْسُ — Anas. A proper name in the nominative as the subject of 'says', and the head of a name-chain with the patronymic after it. The nominative marks it as the speaker.
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