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Ismail

Ismail proper noun: ishmael, the first son of Abraham; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs and a prophet of Islam.

Proper noun

Ismail (countable and uncountable, plural Ismails)

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

Forms of Ismail

pluralIsmails

Origin of Ismail

From Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl). Doublet of Ishmael.

Words formed from Ismail

Phrases with Ismail

Questions about Ismail

What does Ismail mean?
Ismail means ishmael, the first son of Abraham; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs and a prophet of Islam.
What part of speech is Ismail?
Ismail is a proper noun.

Words near Ismail in the dictionary

  1. Ismaelite
  2. Ismaelites
  3. Ismaelitic
  4. Ismaelitish
  5. Ismahel
  6. Ismail
  7. Ismaili
  8. Ismailia
  9. Ismailian
  10. Ismailians
  11. Ismailis

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