to smile

Alternative form of بِاسْمِ (bi-smi) used in بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi).

bismillah, in the name of God

"In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate"; basmala.

(Islam) To say: بِسْمِ الْلّٰهِ (الْرَحْمٰنِ الْرَحِيمِ) (bismi llāhi [r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi], “in the name of God [the Compassionate, the Merciful]”). / (Christianity) To recite the Trinitarian formula (بِاسْمِ الْأَبِ وَالِابْنِ وَالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ (bi-smi l-ʔabi wa-l-ibni wa-r-rūḥi l-qudusi, “In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit”))

verbal noun of بَسْمَلَ (basmala): utterance of the bismillah; the respective formula itself; basmala.

smile

a female given name