Ismail

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Ismail

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From Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl). Doublet of Ishmael.

proper noun Ismails

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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ismael, ishmael, khedive, mustafa, mostafa, esmail, isma, ismaelite, ibrahim, ishmaelian, ishmaelite, ismailian, ismailite, hassan, isma'ili, ismaili

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"Ismail." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ismail. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Ismail. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ismail

Chicago

"Ismail." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ismail.

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@misc{ismail_2026,
  title = {Ismail},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ismail},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}