Ismail

See also: İsmail

English

Etymology

From Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl). Doublet of Ishmael.

Proper noun

Ismail

1. (Islam) Ishmael, the first son of Abraham; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs and a prophet of Islam.
2. A transliteration of the Macedonian or Russian male given name Исмаил (Ismail).

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit

• Adam
• Idris
• Nuh
• Hud
• Salih
• Ibrahim
• Lut
• Ismail
• Ishaq
• Yaqub
• Yusuf
• Ayyub
• Dhu'l-Kifl
• Shuaib
• Musa
• Harun
• Dawud
• Sulaiman
• Yunus
• Ilyas
• Al-Yasa
• Zakariya
• Yahya
• Isa
• Muhammad

Related terms

• Ismaili
• Ismailoska
• Ismailoski
• Ismailov
• Ismailova
• Ismailovska
• Ismailovski

Anagrams

• simial

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اسماعیل (İsma'il), from Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yišmāʿēl).

Proper noun

Ismail m (definite Ismaili)

1. (Islam) Ishmael
2. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Ishmael

Declension

Declension of Ismail

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Ismail	Ismaili
accusative		Ismailin
dative/ablative	Ismaili	Ismailit

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit

• Adem
• Idriz
• Nuh
• Hud
• Salih
• Ibrahim
• Lut
• Ismail
• Ishak
• Jakup
• Jusuf
• Ejub
• Zulkifl
• Shuajb
• Musa
• Harun
• Daut, Davud
• Sulejman
• Jonuz
• Iljaz
• Eljesa
• Zekerija
• Jahja
• Isa
• Muhammed

Malay

Alternative forms

• Ismael
• Mail (clipping)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [is.ma.el]
• Rhymes: -el
• Hyphenation: Is‧ma‧il

Proper noun

Ismail (Jawi spelling إسماعيل)

1. (Christianity, Islam, Judaism) Ishmael.
2. a male given name from Arabic