Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Urdu, Bengali, Arabic Scripts عصمت(Urdu, Arabic) ইসমত(Bengali) Pronounced Pron. /ˈʕisˤ.mat/(Arabic) Meaning & History Derived from Arabic عصمة (ʿiṣma) meaning "safeguarding, protection, chastity", a derivative of عصم (ʿaṣama) meaning "to protect".