Aziz

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Aziz (Arabic: عزيز, ʿazīz, [ʕaziːz]) (Hebrew: עזיז) is a Semitic, Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic male name. In Arabic and Hebrew the feminine form of both the adjective and the given name is Aziza. In Hebrew and Aramaic Aziz is derived from the root עזז meaning "strong, powerful".[1] In Arabic it is derived from the root ʕ-z-z, again meaning "strong, powerful", while the adjective has also acquired the meaning of "dear, darling, precious" in both Arabic and Aramaic.

In the Old Testament Aziz was the son of Shema and the father of Bela.[2] In the Latinised form "Azizus" it is attested as the name of one of the Arab [3] Priest-Kings who ruled Emesa (the modern Homs, Syria) as clients of the Roman Empire.

In ancient Levantine mythology, Azizos or Aziz is the Palmyrene Aramean and Arab[4] god of the morning star.

The Arabian goddess Al-Uzza, also related to the planet Venus, is named from the same root ʕ-z-z.

Al-Aziz is one of the names of God in Islam. The "Al" makes the word "Aziz" proper. "Aziz" without "Al" is used as a royal title borne by the high nobles of Egypt, being a title borne by the prophet Joseph in the Quranic Surah-e-Yusuf, and also by the Biblical Potiphar, referred to in the Quran as Aziz.

It is used in existing Semitic languages such as Arabic, Assyrian Neo Aramaic, Mandic, Hebrew and Maltese and has also spread to non-Semitic languages like Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Persian, Urdu, Berber, Pashtu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Dari, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uzbek, Uyghur, Balochi, Bengali, Somali, Indonesian, Chechen, Circassian and Malaysian.

Aziz is a common masculine given name, especially in the Muslim world but it has also continued to be used by non-Muslim- non Arab peoples in the Middle East, e.g. Jews, Assyrians, Arameans, Maronites and Mandeans.

Given name

Azeez

Aziz

Surname

Azeez

Aziz

  • Aaron Aziz (born 1976), Singaporean actor
  • Arif Aziz (born 1943), Azerbaijan artist and educator
  • Douglas Aziz (born 1942), Assyrian Iraqi footballer
  • Fatima Aziz (1973–2021), Afghan physician and politician
  • Gamal Aziz, also known as Gamal Mohammed he Abdelaziz, Egyptian-American businessman
  • Lisa Aziz (born 1962), British television presenter and journalism
  • Michael Aziz, American engineer
  • Mohamad Aziz, Malaysian politician
  • Mohammad Aziz, Indian playback singer
  • Omar Aziz (born 1958), Brazilian politician
  • Philip Aziz (1923–2009), Canadian artist of Lebanese ancestry
  • Riza Aziz, Malaysian producer
  • Sartaj Aziz (1929–2024), Pakistani economist and strategist
  • Shaukat Aziz (born 1949), Pakistani Prime Minister
  • Tariq Aziz (born Mikhail Yuhanna) (1936–2015), ethnic Assyrian former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister under Saddam Hussein
  • Tariq Aziz (field hockey, born 1938) (born 1938), Pakistani field hockey player
  • Tariq Aziz (TV personality) (1936–2020), Pakistani TV personality
  • Tipu Aziz (born 1956), Professor of neurosurgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford University

See also

References

  1. ^ Brown, Driver, Briggs - Hebrew Aramaic English Lexicon ref H5811
  2. ^ 1Ch 5.8
  3. ^ The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads. Routledge. p. 409. "Later rulers are called 'kings of the Emesenians', although they carry good Arabic names like Azizus (Aziz) and Sohaemus (Suhaym)"
  4. ^ Drijvers, H. J. W. (2015). Cults and Beliefs at Edessa. Brill Publishers. pp. Chapter Six: THE CULT OF AZIZOS AND MONIMOS AND OTHER ARAB DEITIES. ISBN 978-90-04-29562-9.
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