Ishak (name)
Ishak, Ishaq or Eshaq ([ /ˈɪsħɑːk/ ] ISS-hahk; Arabic: اسحاق / ALA-LC: Isḥāq) is a surname and masculine given name, the Arabic form of Isaac. Ishak, or Eshak, (Isaac) son of Abraham, and Sara in the Bible, means laughing, because Sara laughed when the angel told them that they will get a child (she was very old)
| Pronunciation | Arabic: [ʔɪs.ħaːq] Turkish: [is.hak] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Hebrew |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Isaac |
| Region of origin | Middle East |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Ishaq, Ishaaq, Ishaak, Eshaq |
| Variant form(s) | Isaac |
People with this given name
- İshak Alaton, Turkish businessman
- Ishak Belfodil, Algerian footballer
- Ishaq Bux, Indian actor
- Ishaq Dar, Pakistani politician
- Ishak Efendi, Ottoman engineer and translator
- Ishak Haleva, Turkish rabbi
- Eshaq Jahangiri (born 1957), Iranian politician
- Ishak Ali Moussa, Algerian footballer
- Ishak Haji Muhammad, Malaysian writer
- Ishaq ibn Kundaj, Abbasid general and governor
- Ishaq Shahryar, Afghan politician
People with this surname
- Medieval
- Baba Ishak, Turkish soldier
- 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
- Modern times
- Mikael Ishak, Swedish footballer
- Mohammad Ishaq, Pakistani cricketer
- Samar Ishaq, Pakistani footballer
- Sara Ishaq, a Scottish-Yemeni film maker
- Shahril Ishak, Singaporean footballer
- Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean politician
- Zunera Ishaq, Canadian woman in niqab controversy
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