Where does “ইসমাইল” come from?
ইসমাইল (Bengali) comes from Classical Persian اسماعیل, from Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل, from Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל, from Hebrew יִשְׁמַע, from Hebrew אֵל, from Hebrew שמואל, from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל.
ইসমাইল (Bengali): Ishmael (Ismail), revered as a major prophet in Islam
Definitions
- Ishmael (Ismail), revered as a major prophet in Islam
Ancestry of “ইসমাইল”, step by step
ইসমাইল traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Classical Persian اسماعیل
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | اسماعیل | — |
| 2 | Arabic | إِسْمَاعِيل | — |
| 3 | Hebrew | יִשְׁמָעֵאל | God hears, God will hear |
| 4 | Hebrew | יִשְׁמַע | — |
| 5 | Hebrew | אֵל | a God; God, deity; god, God |
| 6 | Hebrew | שמואל | — |
| 7 | Hebrew | שְׁמוּאֵל | — |
via Arabic اسماعيل
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | اسماعيل | — |