Given name · Ottoman Turkish · Persian · Urdu
اسحاق
“a laughing child”
اسحاق (ishāq) is a masculine given name from Classical Persian, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Urdu, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish.
Ottoman Turkish and Persian and UrduWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Ishak.
Meaning & origin
What it means
اسحاق is Ishak written in Arabic script. Ishak is a variant of Ishaq. One Arabic interpretation is “a laughing child.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
اسحاق comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Classical Persian اِسْحَاق, from Arabic إِسْحَاق, from Biblical Hebrew יִצְחָק (yiṣḥāq).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
اسحاق’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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