Isa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "isa"

English

Etymology 1

From Isabel, Isabella and Isabelle.

Proper noun

Isa

1. A diminutive of the female given name Isabel or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name.
   • 1885, Arthur's Home Magazine, volume 53, page 165:

     Even "Liz" brought little to his memory; though he said: "The name does recall the fact of a sister. But why call her Isa?" "Just as easy as Liz, or any of the lot, Eliza, Elizabeth, Betsy and Bess. Isa, that's, I think, a sort of a city name," Lee said, with a shadow of a smile.

   • 2010, Margaret Forster, Isa & May, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 5:

     It's an awkward name: Isamay, pronounced Is-a-may. Isa is my paternal grandmother's name (shortened from Isabel) and May my maternal grandmother's (it comes, somehow, from Margaret). The amalgamation is, as you see, strictly alphabetical. Life, I feel, would have been much easier if they had chosen Maybel.

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or anglicized from Turkish İsa, both equivalents of Jesus as a given name.

Proper noun

Isa

1. A male given name from Arabic mainly used by Muslims.

See also

• Mount Isa

Anagrams

• ais, A.S.I., Asi, AIS, a-Si, sia, Ais, Sia, sai, A.I.s, IAS, ASI, IAs, AIs, A. S. I., SIA

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.za/

Etymology 1

From Isabel, Isabella and Isabelle.

Proper noun

Isa f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Isabelle or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or anglicized from Turkish İsa, both equivalents of Jesus as a given name.

Proper noun

Isa m

1. a male given name from Arabic mainly used by Muslims

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Isa m or f

1. a unisex given name or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔíː.sáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔíː.sáː]

Proper noun

Īsā m

1. Jesus (a prophet in Islam, regarded as the son of God in Christianity)
2. a male given name: Jesus

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay Isa, from Classical Malay Isa, from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isa/
• Hyphenation: I‧sa

Proper noun

Isa

1. (Islam) Jesus (Isa), son of Mary, revered as a major prophet in Islam.

See also

• Almasih
• Yesus
• (Islamic prophets) Adam, Idris, Nuh, Hud, Soleh, Ibrahim, Lut, Ismail, Ishak, Yakub, Yusuf, Ayub, Zulkifli, Syuaib, Musa, Harun, Daud, Sulaiman, Yunus, Ilyas, Ilyasak, Zulkarnain, Yahya, Isa, Muhammad ^{(Category: id:Islamic prophets)}

Further reading

• “Isa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

Isa

1. Rōmaji transcription of いさ

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عيسى.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [i.sə]
  • Rhymes: -sə, -ə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): [i.sa]
  • Rhymes: -sa, -a
• Hyphenation: I‧sa

Proper noun

Isa (Jawi spelling عيسى)

1. (Islam) The prophet Jesus.

   Synonym: Yesus (Christianity)

2. A male given name from Arabic.

Maranao

Proper noun

Isa

1. Jesus

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Portuguese

Proper noun

Isa f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Isabela

Spanish

Proper noun

Isa f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Isabel

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Isa

1. Jesus (used by Muslims)

Synonyms

• Yesu (used by Christians, or in secular contexts)

Swedish

Etymology

From a pet form of Isabella, Lovisa and Louise. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1866.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Isa c (genitive Isas)

1. a female given name

References

[1] Statistics Sweden: 2181 females with the given name Isa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2013, with the highest frequency in the 2000s decade. Accessed on 12 April 2014.

Anagrams

• sia

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Iesa
• Issa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā). Compare Tausug Īsa and Malay Isa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔisa/ [ˈʔiː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: I‧sa

Proper noun

Isa (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ) (Islam)

1. Jesus

   Synonyms: Hesus, (obsolete) Sisus

Related terms

• Isa Almasi

 

Anagrams

• Sia