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آنِسَة
young lady (Miss) /ˈʔaː.ni.sa/
nounA2#937 most common
Also: Miss (courtesy title), unmarried young woman, young miss
Example sentences
هَذِهِ آنِسَة.
This is a young lady.
الآنِسَة سَارَة مُعَلِّمَة.
Miss Sara is a teacher.
سَأَلْتُ الآنِسَةَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ.
I asked the young lady about the way.
الآنِسَةُ الَّتِي تَعْمَلُ فِي المَكْتَبِ لَطِيفَةٌ جِدًّا.
The young lady who works in the office is very kind.
قَدَّمَتِ الآنِسَةُ نَفْسَهَا بِأَدَبٍ أَمَامَ الحُضُورِ.
The young lady introduced herself politely before the audience.
لَمْ تَعُدْ كَلِمَةُ "آنِسَة" تُسْتَخْدَمُ كَثِيرًا فِي بَعْضِ السِّيَاقَاتِ الرَّسْمِيَّةِ الحَدِيثَةِ.
The word "ānisa" is no longer used much in some modern formal contexts.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | آنِسَةٌ | آنِسَاتٌ |
| Genitive | آنِسَةٍ | آنِسَاتٍ |
| Accusative | آنِسَةً | آنِسَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا آنِسَةُ | يَا آنِسَاتُ |
Word family
آنِسfriendly, sociable (masculine)
أُنْسintimacy, conviviality
إِنْسَانhuman being
أَنِسَto be friendly with, to enjoy the company of
اِسْتِئْنَاسfeeling at ease; taming
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root أ-ن-س (ʾ-n-s), which carries the sense of being sociable, friendly, and at ease in company. آنِسَة is the feminine active participle of the verb أَنِسَ (anisa), so it first meant a woman who is good company. Over time it settled into use as a courtesy title for an unmarried woman, the equivalent of English "Miss."
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