اسماعیل

See also: إسماعيل

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.mɑː.ʔíːl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.mɑː.jíːl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔis.mɔː.jíl̥]

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

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.(ʔ)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, 2024.
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