Ismat

Ismat (Arabic: عصمت[1] or عصمة[2]) is a male and female given name meaning purity, chastity or modesty and in classical Arabic infallibility, immaculate, impeccability, faultlessness. Transliteration variants include Esmat and Asmat.

Female given name

Male given name

Surname

  • Riad Ismat (born 1947), Syrian dramatist and playwright

See also

References

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