اسماعیل

See also: إسماعيل‎

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ismɑːˈʔiːl/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɪsmɑːˈʔiːl/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /esmɒːˈʔiːl/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ismɔˈʔil/

Proper noun

Iranian Persian	اسماعیل
Dari	اسماعیل
Tajik	Исмоил (Ismoyil)

اسماعیل • (esmâ'il)

(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Ishmael (eldest son of Abraham)
a male given name, Esmaeil, Esmail or Ismail

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (ismā'īl), from Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل‎ (ʔismāʕīl).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪs.mɑː.(ʔ)iːl/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɪs.mɑː.(ʔ)iːl/
Rhymes: -iːl
Hyphenation: اِس‧ما‧عِیل

Proper noun

اِسْماعِیل • (ismā‘īl) m (Hindi spelling इस्माईल or इसमाईल)

(Islam) Ismail, Ishmael
a male given name from Arabic

References

“اسماعیل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“اسماعیل”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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