Where does “اسماعیل” come from?
اسماعیل (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل, from Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל, from Hebrew יִשְׁמַע, from Hebrew אֵל, from Hebrew שמואל, from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל.
Ancestry of “اسماعیل”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | إِسْمَاعِيل | — |
| 2 | Hebrew | יִשְׁמָעֵאל | God hears, God will hear |
| 3 | Hebrew | יִשְׁמַע | — |
| 4 | Hebrew | אֵל | a God; God, deity; god, God |
| 5 | Hebrew | שמואל | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | שְׁמוּאֵל | — |