# Isa
## English
### 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.

### 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

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Isa m
* a male given name

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

### References

* Dražić, Marina, Antić, Ivana, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена [Catalogue of the most common Albanian names and surnames]‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), page 30

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i.za/

### 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

Borrowed from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔíː.sáː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ʔíː.sáː]

### 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

* IPA: /isa/
* Hyphenation: I‧sa

### Proper noun

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

#### See also

* Almasih
* Yesus
* 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

### 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
* Rōmaji transcription of いさ

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عيسى.

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Isa (Jawi spelling عيسى)
* (Islam) The prophet Jesus.
    Synonym: Yesus (Christianity)
* a male given name from Arabic

## Maranao
### Proper noun

Isa
* Jesus

### References

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

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Isa f
* a diminutive of the female given names Isabela or Isadora

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈisa/ [ˈi.sa]
* Rhymes: -isa
* Syllabification: I‧sa

### Proper noun

Isa f
* a diminutive of the female given name Isabel

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### 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

* Audio:(file)

### 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

* sia

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* Iesa
* Issa

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Isa (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ) (Islam)
* Jesus
    Synonyms: Hesus, (obsolete) Sisos

#### Related terms

* Isa Almasi

### Anagrams

* Sia