عزیز

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? azīz
Dari reading? azīz
Iranian reading? aziz
Tajik reading? aziz
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Adjective

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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

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

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

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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عزیز ('aziz)

  1. a male given name, Aziz

Descendants

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Urdu

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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عَزِیز (azīz) (Hindi spelling अज़ीज़)

  1. dear, loved
    Synonym: پیارا (pyārā)

Noun

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عَزِیز (azīzm (Hindi spelling अज़ीज़)

  1. a loved one, dear one

Proper noun

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عَزِیز (azīzm (Hindi spelling अज़ीज़)

  1. a male given name, Aziz

Further reading

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  • 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.