إسماعيلي

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Relative adjective (nisba) composed of إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl, Ismail) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔis.maː.ʕiː.lijj/

Adjective

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إِسْمَاعِيلِيّ (ʔismāʕīliyy) (feminine إِسْمَاعِيلِيَّة (ʔismāʕīliyya), masculine plural إِسْمَاعِيلِيُّونَ (ʔismāʕīliyyūna), feminine plural إِسْمَاعِيلِيَّات (ʔismāʕīliyyāt))

  1. related to or associated with an Ismail
    1. of a dynasty whose eponym is an Ismail, Ismailid
    2. related to or associated with the city of Ismailia
    3. (Islam) related to or associated with Ismail bin Jafar, Ismaili

Declension

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