See also: أسمي, أسمى, and اسمی

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From اِسْم (ism, name) +‎ ـِي (, my).

Noun edit

اِسْمِي or اِسْمِيَ (ismī or ismiyam

  1. my name (is)
    Synonym: أُدْعَى... (ʔudʕā...)
    اِسْمِي أَحْمَدismī ʔaḥmadMy name is Ahmad

Etymology 2 edit

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of اِسْم (ism) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective edit

اِسْمِيّ (ismiyy)

  1. nominal[1]

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

اُسْمِي (usmī) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of سَمَا (samā)

References edit

  1. ^ Wehr, Hans (1979) “اسمي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN