Ismat/Esmat (
or
) 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
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Ismat Chughtai (1915–1991), Indian Urdu writer
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Esmat Dowlatshahi (1904–1995), Iranian aristocrat and the fourth and last spouse of Reza Shah
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Ismat Jahan (born 1960),
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
i diplomat
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Esmat Mansour (born 1986), Egyptian weightlifter
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Ismat Ara Nishi, Bangladeshi Kabaddi player
*Aisha 'Esmat al-Taymuriyya or
Aisha Taymur (1840–1902), Egyptian social activist, poet, novelist, and feminist
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Ismat Zaidi
Ismat Zaidi is a Pakistani actress who has appeared in a variety of television dramas. She mostly plays motherly roles on television.
Career
Her character of an elderly lady worried about the marital lives of her younger sister and niece i ...
, Pakistani actress
Male given name
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Ismat Abasov (born 1954), Azerbaijani politician
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Ismat Abdel-Rahman, Sudanese Army officer
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Ismat Beg, (born 1951), Pakistani mathematician
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Ismat Gayibov
Ismat Ismayil oglu Gayibov () (1942–1991) was the Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan.
He was killed in a helicopter which was shot down by Armenian forces near the Karakend village of Khojavend district in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaija ...
(1942–1991), Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan
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Ismat T. Kittani (1929–2001), Iraqi politician
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Esmat Shanwary (born 1993), Afghan-Dutch footballer
Middle name
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Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid (1924–2013), Egyptian diplomat
Surname
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Riad Ismat
Mohammad Riad Hussain Ismat () (11 July 1947 – 13 May 2020) was a Syrian writer, critic and theatre director. He served as Minister of Culture of Syria from 3 October 2010 to 23 June 2012.
Early life, education and career
Ismat studied Engli ...
(1947–2020), Syrian dramatist and playwright
See also
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Ismet, Turkish spelling of the same name
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Ismat ad-Din (disambiguation)
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Ismatullah
References
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Arabic-language unisex given names
Arabic-language surnames
Pakistani unisex given names