إسماعيل

See also: اسماعیل

Arabic

From Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yishma'él, yišmāʿēl), from יִשְׁמַע אֵל (yishmá' 'él, yišmaʿ ʾēl, “God heard”). Corresponding to يَسْمَعُ (yasmaʕu, “he hears”) +‎ إلّ (ʔill, “God”).

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

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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

إسماعيل