عزیز

See also: عزيز

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz).

Pronunciation

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  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.ziːz]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.ziːz]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.ziz]

Readings
Classical reading? azīz
Dari reading? azīz
Iranian reading? aziz
Tajik reading? aziz

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)
  • Gujarati: અજીજ (ajīj), અઝીઝ (ajhījh)
  • Old Hindi: आजीज (ājīja)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅਜ਼ੀਜ਼ (azīz)
    Shahmukhi script: عَزیِز (ʻazīiz)
  • Sindhi:
    Arabic script: عَزِيزُ
    Devanagari script: अज़ीज़ु

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عزیز ('azīz), 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 (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • عزیز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • 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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