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

Proper noun

إِسْمَاعِيل • (ʔismāʕīl) m

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

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
• Persian: اسماعیل (esmâ'il)
• Somali: Ismaaciil
• Turkish: İsmail

See also

• (Islamic prophets) آدَم (ʔādam), إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs), نُوح (nūḥ), هُود (hūd), صَالِح (ṣāliḥ), إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), لُوط (lūṭ), إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl), إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq), يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), يُوسُف (yūsuf), أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb), ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl), شُعَيْب (šuʕayb), مُوسَى (mūsā), هَارُون (hārūn), دَاوُد (dāwūd), سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), يُونُس (yūnus), إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās), الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ), زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), عِيسَى (ʕīsā), مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) ^{(Category: ar:Islamic prophets)}