إسماعيل
See also: اسماعیل
Arabic
Alternative forms
- إِسْمٰعِيل (ʔismāʕīl)
Etymology
From Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yishma'él, yišmāʿēl), from יִשְׁמַע אֵל (yishmá' 'él, yišmaʿ ʾēl, “God heard”). Corresponding to يَسْمَعُ (yasmaʕu, “he hears”) + إلّ (ʔill, “God”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
إِسْمَاعِيل • (ʔismāʕīl) m
- (Islam, Judaism, Christianity) Ishmael, Ismail
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:127:
- وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرٰهِيمُ ٱلْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمٰعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
- wa-ʔiḏ yarfaʕu ʔibrāhīmu l-qawāʕida mina l-bayti wa-ʔismāʕīlu rabbanā taqabbal minnā ʔinnaka ʔanta s-samīʕu l-ʕalīmu
- And [mention] when Abraham was raising the foundations of the House and [with him] Ishmael, [saying], "Our Lord, accept [this] from us. Indeed You are the Hearing, the Knowing.
- a male given name, Ismail
Declension
| singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | إِسْمَاعِيل ʔismāʕīl |
— |
| nominative | — | إِسْمَاعِيلُ ʔismāʕīlu |
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| accusative | — | إِسْمَاعِيلَ ʔismāʕīla |
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| genitive | — | إِسْمَاعِيلَ ʔismāʕīla |
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Descendants
- → Chinese: 伊斯梅爾 / 伊斯梅尔 (Yīsīméi'ěr) (transliteration)
- → English: Ismail
- → Malay: Ismail
- → Persian: اسماعیل (esmâ'il)
- → Russian: Исмаи́л (Ismaíl)
- → Somali: Ismaaciil
- → Turkish: İsmail
- → Ukrainian: Ісмаїл (Ismajil)
See also
Islamic prophetsedit
- آدَم (ʔādam)
- إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs)
- نُوح (nūḥ)
- هُود (hūd)
- صَالِح (ṣāliḥ)
- إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm)
- لُوط (lūṭ)
- إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl)
- إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq)
- يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb)
- يُوسُف (yūsuf)
- أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb)
- ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl)
- شُعَيْب (šuʕayb)
- مُوسَى (mūsā)
- هَارُون (hārūn)
- دَاوُد (dāwud)
- سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān)
- يُونُس (yūnus)
- إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās)
- الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ)
- زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā)
- يَحْيَى (yaḥyā)
- عِيسَى (ʕīsā)
- مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)
Malay
Proper noun
إسماعيل