Call me Ishmael.
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Ishmael
//ˈɪʃ.meɪ.əl//
Synonyms for "ishmael" (23 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (11)
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2 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
71 translations across 41 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Ἰσμαήλ name (eldest son of Abraham)
Arabic
1 entries- إِسْمَاعِيل name (eldest son of Abraham)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
2 entries- ܐܝܼܫܡܲܥܹܝܠ name (eldest son of Abraham)
- ܐܝܼܫܡܲܥܹܝܠ name (male given name)
Bengali
2 entries- ইসমাঈল name (eldest son of Abraham)
- ইসমাঈল name (male given name)
Catalan
1 entries- Ismael name (eldest son of Abraham)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 以實瑪利 /以实玛利 name (eldest son of Abraham)
- 伊什梅爾 /伊什梅尔 name (male given name)
- 伊斯梅爾 /伊斯梅尔 name (male given name)
- 依市瑪耳 /依市玛耳 name (eldest son of Abraham)
Dutch
1 entries- Ismaël name (eldest son of Abraham)
Ewe
2 entries- Ismael name (eldest son of Abraham)
- Ismael name (male given name)
Finnish
2 entries- Ismael name (eldest son of Abraham)
- Ismo name (male given name)
French
1 entries- Ismaël name (eldest son of Abraham)
Galician
1 entries- Ismael name (male given name)
German
1 entries- Ismael name (eldest son of Abraham)
Greek
1 entries- Ισμαήλ name (eldest son of Abraham)
Hausa
2 entries- Isma'ilu name (eldest son of Abraham)
- Isma'ilu name (male given name)
Hebrew
1 entries- יִשְׁמָעֵאל name (eldest son of Abraham)
Hindi
2 entries- इसमाईल name (eldest son of Abraham)
- इसमाईल name (male given name)
Hungarian
2 entries- Izmael name (eldest son of Abraham)
- Izmael name (male given name)
Irish
1 entries- Ísmeáéil name (eldest son of Abraham)
Italian
1 entries- Ismaele name (eldest son of Abraham)
Japanese
1 entries- イシュマエル name (eldest son of Abraham)
Kazakh
2 entries- Ысмайыл name (eldest son of Abraham)
- Ысмайыл name (male given name)
Korean
1 entries- 이스마엘 name (eldest son of Abraham)
Latin
2 entries- Ismael name (eldest son of Abraham)
- Ismahel name (eldest son of Abraham)
Macedonian
2 entries- Исмаил name (eldest son of Abraham)
- Исмаил name (male given name)
Malay
3 entries- Ismael name (eldest son of Abraham)
- Ismail name (eldest son of Abraham)
- Ismail name (male given name)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- Ismaila name (eldest son of Abraham)
Marathi
3 entries- इशमेल name (male given name)
- इसमाईल name (eldest son of Abraham)
- इसमाईल name (male given name)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- Simaîl name (male given name)
- Simko name (male given name)
- Simo name (male given name)
- Îsmaîl name (eldest son of Abraham)
Persian
2 entries- اسماعیل name (eldest son of Abraham)
- اسماعیل name (male given name)
Polish
1 entries- Izmael name (eldest son of Abraham)
Portuguese
2 entries- Ismael name (eldest son of Abraham)
- Ismael name (male given name)
Rohingya
1 entries- Ismail name (eldest son of Abraham)
Russian
4 entries- Измаи́л name (eldest son of Abraham)
- Измаи́л name (male given name)
- Исмаи́л name (eldest son of Abraham)
- Исмаи́л name (male given name)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Ismael name (eldest son of Abraham)
Somali
2 entries- Ismaaciil name (eldest son of Abraham)
- Ismaaciil name (male given name)
Spanish
2 entries- Ismael name (eldest son of Abraham)
- Ismael name (male given name)
Swedish
1 entries- Ismael name (eldest son of Abraham)
Tagalog
1 entries- Ismael name (eldest son of Abraham)
Tajik
1 entries- Исмоил name (eldest son of Abraham)
Tamil
2 entries- இஸ்மவேல் name (eldest son of Abraham)
- இஸ்மாயீல் name (eldest son of Abraham)
Turkish
2 entries- İsmail name (eldest son of Abraham)
- İsmail name (male given name)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Call Ishmael.
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Ishmael, come over here!
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In the wild wilderness, a leopard mother caresses her cub, as Hagar did Ishmael; or a queen of France the dauphin.
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