اسماعیل

See also: إسماعيل

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.mɑː.ˈʔiːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.mɑː.ʔíːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.mɑː.ʔíːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.mɑː.jíːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.mɔː.jíl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.mɒː.ʔíːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.mɔ.ʔíl]

Readings
Classical reading?	ismā'īl
Dari reading?	ismā'īl
Iranian reading?	esmâ'il
Tajik reading?	ismoʾil

Proper noun

Dari	اسماعیل
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Исмоил

اسماعیل • (esmâ'il)

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

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪs.mɑː.iːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl
• Hyphenation: اِس‧ما‧عِیل

Proper noun

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

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

References

• “اسماعیل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اسماعیل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.