Ismail

See also: İsmail

English

Etymology

From Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl). Doublet of Ishmael.

Proper noun

Ismail (countable and uncountable, plural Ismails)

  1. (Islam) Ishmael, the first son of Abraham; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs and a prophet of Islam.
  2. A male given name from Arabic.
    1. A transliteration of the Macedonian or Russian male given name Исмаил (Ismail).
  3. A surname from Arabic.

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit

Derived terms

  • Ismaili
  • Ismailoska
  • Ismailoski
  • Ismailov
  • Ismailova
  • Ismailovska
  • Ismailovski

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اسماعیل (İsma'il), from Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yišmāʿēl).

Proper noun

Ismail m (definite Ismaili)

  1. (Islam) Ishmael
  2. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Ishmael

Declension

Declension of Ismail
singular
indefinite definite
nominative Ismail Ismaili
accusative Ismailin
dative/ablative Ismaili Ismailit

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl), from Hebrew ישמעאל (yishma'él).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [is.ma.el]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Hyphenation: Is‧ma‧il

Proper noun

Ismail (Jawi spelling إسماعيل)

  1. (Christianity, Islam, Judaism) Ishmael.
  2. a male given name from Arabic
  3. a surname from Arabic
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