See also: عزيز

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz).

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

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 edit

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

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

Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

عزیز ('aziz)

  1. a male given name, Aziz

Descendants edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

عَزِیز (azīz) (Hindi spelling अज़ीज़)

  1. dear, loved
    Synonym: پیارا (pyārā)

Noun edit

عَزِیز (azīzm (Hindi spelling अज़ीज़)

  1. a loved one, dear one

Proper noun edit

عَزِیز (azīzm (Hindi spelling अज़ीज़)

  1. a male given name, Aziz

Further reading edit

  • 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] (in 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.