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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