Isa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "isa"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈisə/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Etymology 1

From Isabel, Isabella and Isabelle.

Proper noun

Isa

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Isabel or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name.
    • 1885, Arthur's Home Magazine, volume 53, page 165:
      Even "Liz" brought little to his memory; though he said: "The name does recall the fact of a sister. But why call her Isa?" "Just as easy as Liz, or any of the lot, Eliza, Elizabeth, Betsy and Bess. Isa, that's, I think, a sort of a city name," Lee said, with a shadow of a smile.
    • 2010, Margaret Forster, Isa & May, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 5:
      It's an awkward name: Isamay, pronounced Is-a-may. Isa is my paternal grandmother's name (shortened from Isabel) and May my maternal grandmother's (it comes, somehow, from Margaret). The amalgamation is, as you see, strictly alphabetical. Life, I feel, would have been much easier if they had chosen Maybel.

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or anglicized from Turkish İsa, both equivalents of Jesus as a given name.

Proper noun

Isa

  1. Jesus, a prophet of Islam. Understood to be Jesus of Nazareth.
  2. A male given name from Arabic mainly used by Muslims.
Coordinate terms
Islamic prophetsedit

See also

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عیسی (Îsâ), from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

Proper noun

Isa m

  1. (Islam) Jesus
  2. a male given name from Arabic

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit

References

  • Marina Dražić, Ivana Antić, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена [Catalogue of the most common Albanian names and surnames]‎[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 30

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.za/

Etymology 1

From Isabel, Isabella and Isabelle.

Proper noun

Isa f

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Isabelle or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or anglicized from Turkish İsa, both equivalents of Jesus as a given name.

Proper noun

Isa m

  1. a male given name from Arabic mainly used by Muslims

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Isa m or f

  1. a unisex given name or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔíː.sáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔíː.sáː]

Proper noun

Īsā m

  1. Jesus (a prophet in Islam, regarded as the son of God in Christianity)
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Jesus

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay Isa, from Classical Malay Isa, from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /isa/
  • Hyphenation: I‧sa

Proper noun

Isa

  1. (Islam) Jesus (Isa), son of Mary, revered as a major prophet in Islam

See also

Islamic prophetsedit

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

Isa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いさ

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عيسى.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Isa (Jawi spelling عيسى)

  1. (Islam) The prophet Jesus.
    Synonym: Yesus (Christianity)
  2. a male given name from Arabic

Maranao

Proper noun

Isa

  1. Jesus

References

  • Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎[2] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: I‧sa

Proper noun

Isa f (plural Isas)

  1. a diminutive of the female given names Isabel, Isabela, and Isadora

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈisa/ [ˈi.sa]
  • Rhymes: -isa
  • Syllabification: I‧sa

Proper noun

Isa f

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Isabel

Swahili

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Isa

    1. Jesus (used by Muslims)

    Synonyms

    • Yesu (used by Christians, or in secular contexts)

    Swedish

    Etymology

    From a pet form of Isabella, Lovisa and Louise. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1866.

    Pronunciation

    • Audio:(file)

    Proper noun

    Isa c (genitive Isas)

    1. a female given name

    References

    [3] Statistics Sweden: 2181 females with the given name Isa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2013, with the highest frequency in the 2000s decade. Accessed on 12 April 2014.

    Anagrams

    Tagalog

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā). Compare Tausug Īsa and Malay Isa.

      Pronunciation

      • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔisa/ [ˈʔiː.sɐ]
      • Rhymes: -isa
      • Syllabification: I‧sa

      Proper noun

      Isa (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ) (Islam)

      1. Jesus
        Synonyms: Hesus, (obsolete) Sisos
      • Isa Almasi

      Anagrams

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