Ishaq
/ʔɪsˈħaːq/noun
A masculine Arabic given name, the Arabic form of Isaac.
Did you know?Ishaq is the Arabic form of Isaac, the biblical and Qur’anic patriarch whose name is traditionally connected with Sarah’s laughter when she heard she would bear a child in old age.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*yiṣḥāq
“He laughs or he will laugh; reconstructed from the Semitic consonantal root ṣ-ḥ-q, associated with laughter.”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
יִצְחָק (Yiṣḥāq)
“Isaac; traditionally interpreted as “he laughs” or “he will laugh.””
3rd–2nd Century BCE
Greek
Ἰσαάκ (Isaák)
“Isaac, the form used in the Greek Septuagint and later Christian texts.”
7th Century CE
Arabic
إِسْحَاق (Isḥāq)
“Ishaq, the Arabic form of Isaac and the name of a prophet in the Qur’an.”
Medieval Period
Arabic/Islamic usage
Isḥāq
“A widely used masculine personal name, especially in Islamic scholarly and religious traditions.”
Modern English
English
Ishaq
“A transliteration of the Arabic personal name إِسْحَاق.”