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

اسماعیل • (ismā'īl / esmâ'il) (Tajik spelling Исмоъил or Исмоил)

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

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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