Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Malay, Indonesian, Urdu, Bengali, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Albanian, Dhivehi
Scripts إسماعيل(Arabic) اسماعیل(Urdu) ইসমাইল(Bengali) ئىسمائىل(Uyghur Arabic) Ысмайыл(Kazakh) Исмаил(Kyrgyz, Chechen) ИсмагӀил(Avar) އިސްމާއިލް(Dhivehi)
Pronounced Pron. /ʔis.maː.ˈʕiːl/(Arabic) /is.ˈma.il/(Malay, Indonesian) /ɪs.mɑː.ˈiːl/(Urdu) /ˈis.mai̯l/(Bengali)
Meaning & History
Arabic form of Ishmael, also used in several other languages. According to the Quran and Islamic tradition Ismail was a prophet and the founder of the Arab people.