اسماعیل

See also: إسماعيل

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ismā'īl
Dari reading? ismā'īl
Iranian reading? esmâ'il
Tajik reading? ismo'il

Proper noun

Dari اسماعیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik Исмоил

اسماعیل • (esmâ'il)

  1. (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Ishmael (eldest son of Abraham)
  2. a male given name, Esmaeil, Esmail or Ismail

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اسماعیل (ismā'īl), from Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪs.mɑː.iːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl
  • Hyphenation: اِس‧ما‧عِیل

Proper noun

اِسْماعِیل • (ismā‘īl) m (Hindi spelling इसमाईल)

  1. (Islam) Ismail, Ishmael
  2. a male given name from Arabic

References

  • “اسماعیل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “اسماعیل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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