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See also: Appendix:Variations of "isa"
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Isabel, Isabella and Isabelle.
Proper noun
Isa
- 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
- A male given name from Arabic mainly used by Muslims.
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Anagrams
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Albanian
Proper noun
Isa m
- a male given name
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Isabel, Isabella and Isabelle.
Proper noun
Isa f
- 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
- a male given name from Arabic mainly used by Muslims
Etymology 3
Proper noun
Isa m or f
- a unisex given name or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name
Hausa
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Īsā m
- Jesus (a prophet in Islam, regarded as the son of God in Christianity)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Jesus
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay Isa, from Classical Malay Isa, from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Isa
See also
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.
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Japanese
Romanization
Isa
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Isa (Jawi spelling عيسى)
- (Islam) The prophet Jesus.
- Synonym: Yesus (Christianity)
- a male given name from Arabic
Maranao
Proper noun
Isa
References
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: I‧sa
Proper noun
Isa f (plural Isas)
- a diminutive of the female given names Isabel, Isabela, or Isadora
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Isa f
- a diminutive of the female given name Isabel
Swahili
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Isa
- 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
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Proper noun
Isa c (genitive Isas)
- a female given name
References
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
Tagalog
Alternative forms
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)
Related terms
- Isa Almasi
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