العزى

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ع ز ز (ʕ-z-z)

Literally, the most powerful one, the definite feminine elative form of عَزِيز (ʕazīz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.ʕuz.zaː/

Proper noun

اَلْعُزَّى • (al-ʕuzzā) f

  1. (Arabian mythology) Al-Uzza, a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:19-20:
      أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَٱلْعُزَّى وَمَنَاةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَى
      ʔafaraʔaytumu l-lāta wal-ʕuzzā wamanāta ṯ-ṯāliṯata l-ʔuḵrā
      So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā? And Manāt, the third - the other one?

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