Ismail

name

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Definitions

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

Etymology

From Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl). Doublet of Ishmael.

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