Ismat/Esmat ( or ) is a mainly male given name meaning purity, chastity or modesty and in classical Arabic infallibility, immaculate, impeccability, faultlessness. Transliteration variants include Esmat and Asmat. Female given name Ismat Chughtai (1915–1991), Indian Urdu writer Esmat Dowlatshahi (1904–1995), Iranian aristocrat and the fourth and last spouse of Reza Shah Ismat Jahan (born 1960), Bangladeshi diplomat Esmat Mansour (born 1986), Egyptian weightlifter Ismat Ara Nishi, Bangladeshi Kabaddi player Aisha 'Esmat al-Taymuriyya or Aisha Taymur (1840–1902), Egyptian social activist, poet, novelist, and feminist Ismat Zaidi, Pakistani actress Male given name Ismat Abasov (born 1954), Azerbaijani politician Ismat Abdel-Rahman, Sudanese Army officer Ismat Beg, (born 1951), Pakistani mathematician Ismat Gayibov (1942–1991), Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan Ismat T. Kittani (1929–2001), Iraqi politician Esmat Shanwary (born 1993), Afghan-Dutch footballer Middle name Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid (1924–2013), Egyptian diplomat Surname Riad Ismat (1947–2020), Syrian dramatist and playwright See also Ismet, Turkish spelling of the same name Ismat ad-Din (disambiguation) Ismatullah References Arabic unisex given names Arabic-language surnames Pakistani unisex given names