عزیز

See also: عزيز

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz).

Adjective

عزیز ('aziz) (comparative عزیزتَر ('aziz-tar), superlative عزیزتَرین ('aziz-tarin))

  1. dear
  2. worthy
  3. valuable
  4. precious
  5. honored
  6. beloved
  7. excellent
  8. rare
  9. magnificent

Noun

عزیز ('aziz) (plural عزیزان ('azizân))

  1. dear one, darling
  2. friend
  3. saint

Derived terms

  • عزیزم ('azizam)

Proper noun

عزیز ('aziz)

  1. a male given name, Aziz

Descendants

  • Bengali: আজিজ (ajij)
  • Old Hindi: आजीज (ājīja)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅਜ਼ੀਜ਼ (azīz)
    Shahmukhi script: عَزیِز (ʻazīiz)
  • Sindhi:
    Arabic script: عَزِيزُ
    Devanagari script: अजीज़

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian عزیز ('aziz), from Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz). First attested as Old Hindi आजीज (ājīja).

Pronunciation

Adjective

عَزِیز (azīz) (Hindi spelling अज़ीज़)

  1. dear, loved
    Synonym: پیارا (pyārā)

Noun

عَزِیز (azīz) m (Hindi spelling अज़ीज़)

  1. a loved one, dear one

Proper noun

عَزِیز (azīz) m (Hindi spelling अज़ीज़)

  1. a male given name, Aziz

Further reading

  • عزیز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • عزیز”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), عزيز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), عزيز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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