Ishak (name)

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Ishak
PronunciationArabic: [ʔɪs.ħaːq]
GenderMale
Language(s)Arabic
Origin
Meaning‘One who laughs’
Region of originMiddle East
Other names
Alternative spellingEshaq, Ishaak, Ishaaq, Ishaq
Variant form(s)Isaac

Ishak, Ishaq or Eshaq ([/ˈɪsħɑːq/] ISS-hahk; Arabic: إسحاق / ALA-LC: Isḥāq) is a surname and masculine given name, the Arabic form of Isaac. Ishak (Isaac) was the son of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Sarah, patriarchs in the Bible and the Quran. The name Ishak means ‘One who laughs’ because Sarah laughed when the angel told them that they would get a child (since she was very old).

People with this given name[edit]

Early Islamic era

People with this surname[edit]

Early Islamic era
  • Ibn Abi Ishaq, first grammarian of the Arabic language
  • Ibn Ishaq (or Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn Yasār ibn Khiyār), Arab Muslim historian who wrote a biography of Muhammad
  • Muhammad ibn Ishaq, (850–851) was the chief of security (Shurtah) in Baghdad during Abbasid era.
  • Hunayn ibn Ishaq, (809–873) was Nestorian Christian translator, scholar, physician, and scientist. During the Islamic Abbasid era, he worked with a group of translators.
  • Baba Ishak, 13th century Turkish rebel and false Prophet.
Modern times

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