Ismat

Ismat/Esmat (Arabic: عصمت / اسمت[1] or عصمة[2]) is a mainly male given name meaning purity, chastity or modesty and in classical Arabic infallibility, immaculate, impeccability, faultlessness. Transliteration variants include Esmat and Asmat.

Female given name

  • Ismat Chughtai (1915–1991), Indian Urdu writer
  • Esmat Dowlatshahi (1904–1995), Iranian aristocrat and the fourth and last spouse of Reza Shah
  • Ismat Jahan (born 1960), Bangladeshi diplomat
  • Esmat Mansour (born 1986), Egyptian weightlifter
  • Ismat Ara Nishi, Bangladeshi Kabaddi player
  • Aisha 'Esmat al-Taymuriyya or Aisha Taymur (1840–1902), Egyptian social activist, poet, novelist, and feminist
  • Ismat Zaidi, Pakistani actress
  • Ismat Ghoneim اسمت غنيم , Egyptian Professor of Middle Age History.
  • Ismat Elshazly اسمت الشاذلي (born 1980), Egyptian nutritionist

Male given name

Middle name

Surname

  • Riad Ismat (1947–2020), Syrian dramatist and playwright

See also

References

  1. S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
  2. Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
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