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

  • IPA(key): /ʔis.maː.ʕiːl/
    • (Morocco) IPA(key): /ʔis.maː.ʕiːl/, /smaː.ʕiːl/, /smaː.ʕiːn/

Proper noun

إِسْمَاعِيل • (ʔismāʕīlm

  1. (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.
  2. a male given name, Ismail

Declension

Declension of noun إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl)
singular basic singular diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal إِسْمَاعِيل
ʔismāʕīl
nominative إِسْمَاعِيلُ
ʔismāʕīlu
accusative إِسْمَاعِيلَ
ʔismāʕīla
genitive إِسْمَاعِيلَ
ʔismāʕīla

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

Malay

Proper noun

إسماعيل

  1. Jawi spelling of Ismail.‎‎