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Ismaeli

Ismaeli comes from Arabic إِسْمَاعِيلِيّ ‘of a dynasty whose eponym is an Ismail, Ismailid’, and goes back to Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל.

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentיִשְׁמָעֵאלyishma'él, yišmāʿēl
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentإِسْمَاعِيلʔismāʕīl‘Ismail’
  3. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentإِسْمَاعِيلِيّ‘of a dynasty whose eponym is an Ismail, Ismailid’
  4. EnglishtodayIsmaeli

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentיִשְׁמָעֵאלyishma'él, yišmāʿēl
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentإِسْمَاعِيلʔismāʕīl‘Ismail’
  3. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentإِسْمَاعِيلِيّ‘of a dynasty whose eponym is an Ismail, Ismailid’
  4. EnglishtodayIsmaeli

Today it means

name A member of branch of Shiite Islam which emphasises secrecy and certain gnostic ideas.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל / Ismaeli