Ismat

Ismat/Esmat (Arabic: عصمت / اسمت^[1] or عصمة^[2]) is a 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

Male given name

Ismat Abasov (born 1954), Azerbaijani politician
Ismat Abdel-Rahman, Sudanese Army officer
Ismat Beg, (born 1951), Pakistani mathematician
Ismat Gayibov (1942–1991), Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan
Ismat T. Kittani (1929–2001), Iraqi politician
Esmat Shanwary (born 1993), Afghan-Dutch footballer

Middle name

Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid (1924–2013), Egyptian diplomat
Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat (born 1955), Egyptian politician

Surname

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

References

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

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[rahman-1] S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.

[ahmed-2] Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.

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