عزیز

See also: عزيز

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ziːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ziːz]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.ziːz]

• (Tajik, formal) 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)
  • Hindustani: azīz

    Hindi: अज़ीज़

    Urdu: عَزِیز ('azīz)

• → 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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.ziːz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

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.