Boy · Arabic (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Israr
اسرارSay it is-RAAR
- Meaning today
- Secrets, mystery, determination
- Original meaning
- "keeping a secret; also confiding or disclosing (verbal noun of asarra)" Lane, p. 1337
- Say it
- is-RAAR
- Written
- اسرار
- Other spellings
- Esrar
Israr
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Israr meaning
Israr (اسرار) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin (Urdu usage).
Meaning today
Secrets, mystery, determination
Original Arabic (Urdu usage) meaning
"keeping a secret; also confiding or disclosing (verbal noun of asarra)"
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, Part 4 (1872), p. 1337 · entry asarra (أَسَرَّ), isrār, root s-r-r · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
Israr (اسرار) is usually explained from the Arabic root s-r-r, "secret". Lane's lexicon gives sirr as a secret and asrār as its plural, and asarra, whose verbal noun is isrār, as keeping a secret, though some lexicographers took it the opposite way, as disclosing one. Written in Urdu, اسرار can be read either isrār or asrār, "secrets", which is why name lists give "secrets" or "mystery". A few sites say "determination", from a similar-sounding word with ṣ, iṣrār, "insistence". The best-known bearer is the Pakistani Quran teacher Dr Israr Ahmed.
References: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, asarra and sirr, Book I pp. 1337–1338 · Steingass, iṣrār, p. 68
Famous namesakes
- Israr Ahmed (1932–2010), Islamic scholar born in Hisar, Haryana
Spellings
Israr · Esrar