Old Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian عَزِیز (azīz), from Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz).

Noun

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आजीज (ājīja)

  1. beloved, friend, relative

Descendants

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  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: अज़ीज़ (azīz)
    Urdu: عَزِیز ('azīz)

Further reading

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  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 517