Ismail in Arabic

Ismail is written إسماعيل in Arabic. Arabic reads from right to left, so the name starts with إ on the right.

إسماعيل

Naskh The everyday script of books

إسماعيل

Kufi Angular, the oldest style

إسماعيل

Ruqʿah Quick handwriting

إسماعيل

Maghrebi The script of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, where ف has its dot below

إسماعيل

Maghrebi Mabsout Everyday Moroccan Maghrebi

إسماعيل

Nastaʿlīq Flowing and slanted, the Persian style

إسماعيل

Kufi in ink Kufi in red and black ink

إسماعيل

El Messiri Elegant modern lettering

إسماعيل

Cairo Clean modern lettering

إسماعيل

Changa Squared modern lettering

إسماعيل

Jomhuria Heavy poster lettering

إسماعيل

Marhey Friendly marker handwriting

إسماعيل

Alkalami Reed-pen style from West Africa

إسماعيل

Blaka A gothic, blackletter look

About the name

The Arabic form of Ishmael.

The letters, from right to left

Most Arabic letters join the next one, so their shape in the name differs a little from the letters shown here.

  1. إalif with hamza belowi at the start of a word
  2. سsīns
  3. مmīmm
  4. اaliflong a, as in “father”
  5. عʿayna squeezed sound from the throat
  6. يyāʾy, or a long ee or i
  7. لlāml

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