Smağūlova

Smağūlova is a Kazakh feminine surname, the female counterpart of Smağūlov, which itself means "son of Smağūl." The surname is formed with the Russian-influenced patronymic suffix -ova, common in Kazakh and other Central Asian cultures to indicate a female family member. The name Smağūl is plausibly a Kazakh variant of Ismail, the Arabic form of Ishmael, a significant prophetic figure in Islamic tradition regarded as a son of Abraham and an ancestor of the Arab people.