Ismat/Esmat ( ar, عصمت / اسمت or ) is a mainly 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

Ismat Chughtai Ismat Chughtai (21 August 1915 – 24 October 1991) was an Indian Urdu novelist, short story writer, liberal humanist and filmmaker. Beginning in the 1930s, she wrote extensively on themes including female sexuality and femininity, middle-class ...

(1915–1991), Indian Urdu writer *

Esmat Dowlatshahi Esmat Dowlatshahi ( fa, عصمت‌الملوک دولتشاهی; 1905 – 25 July 1995) was an Iranian royal and the fourth and last wife of Reza Shah. Early life Dowlatshahi was born in 1905. She was a member of the Qajar dynasty. Her father w ...

(1904–1995), Iranian aristocrat and the fourth and last spouse of Reza Shah *

Ismat Jahan Ismat Jahan (born June 3, 1960) is a Bangladeshi diplomat who is currently serving as the Permanent Observer of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to the European Union. From 2009 to 2016, she was Ambassador of Bangladesh to Belgium, Luxembou ...

(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, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...

i diplomat *

Esmat Mansour Essmat Mansour El Sayed (, born November 20, 1986) is an Egyptian weightlifter who competed in the Women's 58 kg at the 2005 World Championships in Doha, Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), off ...

(born 1986), Egyptian weightlifter * Ismat Ara Nishi, Bangladeshi Kabaddi player *Aisha 'Esmat al-Taymuriyya or

Aisha Taymur Aisha E'ismat Taymur ( ar, عائشة عصمت تيمور‎ or 'A'isha al-Taymuriyya ; 1840–1902) was an Egyptian social activist,

, Pakistani actress

Male given name

* Ismat Abasov (born 1954), Azerbaijani politician * Ismat Abdel-Rahman, Sudanese Army officer *

Ismat Beg Ismat Beg, FPAS, FIMA, ( ur, عصمت بیگ; born January 1951) is a Pakistani mathematician and researcher. Beg is a senior Full Professor at the Lahore School of Economics, Higher Education Commission Distinguished National Professorhttp:// ...

, (born 1951), Pakistani mathematician *

Ismat Gayibov Ismat Ismayil oglu Gayibov ( az, Ismət Qayıbov Ismail oğlu) (born in 1942 in Ganja, Azerbaijan) was the Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan. He was killed in a helicopter which was shot down by Armenian forces near the Karakend vill ...

(1942–1991), Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan * Ismat T. Kittani (1929–2001), Iraqi politician *

Esmat Shanwary Esmat Shanwary (Dari: عصمت شنواری;) born (9 October 1993) in Kabul is an Afghan footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Lienden. Youth Shanwary played in the youth of VV Sluiskil, GVV '57, N.E.C., N.E.C./FC Oss and FC Utrecht ...

(born 1993), Afghan-Dutch footballer

Middle name

Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid ( ar, أحمد عصمت عبد المجيد‎; 22 March 1923– 21 December 2013) was an Egyptian diplomat. He served as the Foreign Minister of Egypt between 1984 and 1991, and as the Secretary-General of the Arab L ...

(1924–2013), Egyptian diplomat

Surname

Riad Ismat Mohammad Riad Hussain Ismat ( ar, رياض عصمت) (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 care ...

(1947–2020), Syrian dramatist and playwright

References

{{surname Arabic unisex given names Arabic-language surnames Pakistani unisex given names

Female given name

Male given name

Middle name

Surname

See also

References