Arabic vocabulary
بشري is how you say “human” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وأحكام البشرية جارية عليه من الغفلة والسهو، والذهول وغلبة الطبع
and the laws of humanity apply to him, including forgetfulness, error, distraction, and the dominance of nature.
الْبَشَرِيَّةِ — humanity. The owner completing 'laws of human nature', genitive, with the '-iyya' that turns 'human' into the abstract 'human-ness'. It names the condition whose laws are meant.
From: Repelling the Devil →وَهَذَا رَسُولُهُ الْبَشَرِيُّ مُحَمَّدٌ،
And this is His human Messenger, Muhammad.
الْبَشَرِيُّ — human. A describing word 'the human/bodily one' for the Messenger, agreeing with him in being definite (its own 'the') and nominative. It is a relation-adjective built from the word for mankind, marking him as a human messenger.
From: Proofs of Scripture →OpenArabic teaches words like بشري through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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