Ibtisam

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Ibtisam ( Arabic إبتسام ibtisām  'smiling') is an Arabic female given name . The word goes back to Arabic إبتسام [ib'tasama] (smile).

Swahili is also assumed to be the origin , but according to András Rajki, Swahili tabasamu (smile), as Swahili name Tabasamu or Tabassum , is a loan word from Arabic.

The name is common from Kenya and Tanzania to the Arabic-speaking countries, especially Saudi Arabia, as well as India. In Europe, the name is used by immigrants of Arab origin.

Variants are Ibtesam, Ibtissam, Ibtissame or Ibtissem.

Name bearer

  • Ibtissam Bouharat ( Arabic إبتسام بوحرات; * 1990) Belgian-Moroccan football player
  • Ibtisam Lutfi ( Arabic ابتسام لطفي), Saudi Arabian singer
  • Ibtisam Mara'ana ( Arabic ابتسام مراعنة; * 1975), Palestinian-Israeli film director and producer

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ibtisām. In: oxfordreference.com , paid online edition based on: Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, Flavia Hodges (Eds.): A Dictionary of First Names. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1 .
  2. ↑ ابتسم In: Langenscheidt: Arabic-German dictionary. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ Ibtisam. In: Behind the name. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ ابتسم ibtisám , cheerfulness, gladness; a smile; smiling. In: Ramdhun Sen : A Dictionary in Persian and English. 2nd Edition. Baptist Mission Press, Calcutta 1841, p. 2. (That is: A Dictionary in Arabic, Persian and English ). Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  5. ↑ Ibtisam. In: The name meaning. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  6. ^ András Rajki: Arabic Etymological Dictionary. 2005, version 2.1, accessed June 18, 2016.
  7. ↑ Ibtisam. In: Nordic Names. Retrieved June 18, 2016.