Given name & surname · also Turkish
İsmet
İsmet is a unisex given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
İsmet comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish عصمت (İsmet), from Arabic عِصْمَة; its root is Arabic ع ص م.
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İsmet’s family of names
In Turkish usage, İsmet continues an earlier form in عصمت.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named İsmet
- İsmet YılmazTurkish statesperson (born 1961)
- İsmet AtlıTurkish wrestler (1931–2014)
- İsmet GüneyTurkish Cypriot artist, cartoonist, teacher and painter (1923–2009)
- İsmet UluğTurkish association football player (1901–1975)
- İsmet AkpınarTurkish-German basketball player (born 1995)
- İsmet SezginTurkish statesperson (1928–2016)
- İsmet ÖzelTurkish poet and writer (born 1944)
- İsmet HürmüzlüIraqi Turkmen actor, screenwriter and director1938–2013
- İsmet GiritliTurkish writer (1924–2007)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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