HOW TO PRONOUNCE
ismail
/ˈɪsmeɪl/
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What does ismail mean?
proper noun
- Ishmael, the first son of Abraham; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs and a prophet of Islam.
- A male given name from Arabic.
- A transliteration of the Macedonian or Russian male given name Исмаил (Ismail).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɪsmeɪl/
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This French gentleman was agent to Halim Pasha, the uncle of His Highness Ismail the Ex-Khedive.
Prince Andrew glanced at Kutúzov’s face only a foot distant from him and involuntarily noticed the carefully washed seams of the scar near his temple, where an Ismail bullet had pierced his skull, and the empty eye socket.
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Burton now felt that the time was ripe to broach his views concerning the golden Chersonese to the Khedive (Ismail), and having easily obtained leave from the home authorities, he proceeded straight to Cairo.