إسرائيل

• IPA^(key): /ʔis.raː.ʔiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrāʾēl).

إِسْرَائِيل • (ʔisrāʔīl) m

1. Israel (the Hebrew patriarch Jacob)

   Synonym: يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:4:

     يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ ٱلَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَالَمِينَ

     yā banī ʔisrāʔīla ḏkurū niʕmatiya llatī ʔanʕamtu ʕalaykum wa-ʔannī faḍḍaltukum ʕalā l-ʕālamīna

     Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds.

• إِسْرٰئِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)

Borrowed from Israeli Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él).

إِسْرَائِيل • (ʔisrāʔīl) f

1. Israel (a country in Asia)

   Synonym: (derogatory or euphemistic) الكِيَانْ الصِّهْيُونِيّ (al-kiyān aṣ-ṣihyūniyy)

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “إسرائيل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”).

إسرائيل • (ʔisrāʔīl) f

1. Israel (a country in Asia)

• إسرائيلي (ʔisrāʔīli, “Israeli”)