zayin
Zayin (also spelled zain or zayn or simply zay) is the seventh letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ''zayn'' 𐤆, Hebrew ''zayīn'' , Aramaic ''zain'' 𐡆, Syriac ''zayn'' ܙ, and Arabic ''zāy'' . It represents the sound . It ...
. In the
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach" . '' In the
1 Chronicles
The Book of Chronicles ( , "words of the days") is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Chronicles) in the Christian Old Testament. Chronicles is the final book of the Hebrew Bible, concluding the third section of the Jewish Tan ...
, Aziz was the son of Shema and the father of Bela. Azizus ( Latinised), attested as an Arabian king who ruled Sampsigeramids of the
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ...
Azizos
In ancient Arab mythology, Azizos or Aziz ( Palmyrene: 𐡰𐡦𐡩𐡦 ''ʿzyz'') is the Palmyran Arab god of the morning star. He is portrayed as riding a camel with his twin brother Arsu, although one source says that "Azizos is depicted as ...
is a god of the morning star of Aramaic and Arab origin from
Palmyra
Palmyra ( ; Palmyrene dialect, Palmyrene: (), romanized: ''Tadmor''; ) is an ancient city in central Syria. It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first menti ...
. The Arabian goddess
Al-Uzza
Al-ʻUzzá or al-ʻUzzā (, , ) was one of the three chief goddesses of Arabian religion in pre-Islamic times and she was worshipped by the pre-Islamic Arabs along with Al-Lat and Manāt. A stone cube at Nakhla (near Mecca) was held sacred a ...
, related to the planet
Venus
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, is named from the same root. ''Al-ʿAzīz'' is one of the names of God in
Islam
Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...
. ''ʿAzīz'' without ''al-'' is used as a royal title borne by the high nobles of
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...
.,
It is used in existing Semitic languages (Arabic, Hebrew, neo-Aramaic, Mandaic, Maltese) and has also spread to non-Semitic language families like
Berber languages
The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight, are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related but mostly mutually unintelligible languages spoken by Berbers, Berber communities, ...
Iranian languages
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The Iranian langu ...
, and
Turkic languages
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. ''Aziz'' is a common masculine given name, especially in the
Muslim world
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, but it has also continued to be used by non-Muslim peoples in the
Middle East
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The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
, like
Jews
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...
,
Assyrians
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,
Armenians
Armenians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands of West Asia.Robert Hewsen, Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia" in ''The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiq ...
* Aziz Ansari (born 1983), Indian-American comedian and actor
* Aziz Atakhodjaev (born 1986), Uzbekistani para-cyclist
* Aziz Azion (born 1984), Ugandan R&B singer-songwriter
* Aziz Behich (born 1990), Australian footballer
*
Aziz Ibrahim
Aziz Ibrahim (born 19 March 1964) is a British guitarist. He was born in Longsight, Manchester to Pakistani parents on 19 March 1964. He is best known for his work as guitarist with Simply Red, The Stone Roses (post- John Squire) and their fo ...
(born 1964), British guitarist
* Aziz Mian (1942–2000), Pakistani singer
* Aziz Nesin (1915–1995), Turkish humorist and author
*
Aziz Sancar
Aziz Sancar (; born 8September 1946) is a Turkish molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich fo ...
(born 1946), Turkish scientist, Nobel laureate
* Aziz Shavershian (1989–2011), Russian-Australian bodybuilder, of Kurdish descent
* Aziz Yıldırım (born 1952), Turkish businessman
Surname
Azeez
* A. M. A. Azeez (1911–1973), Ceylonese civil servant, educator, social worker
* Ade Azeez (born 1994), English footballer
* Dan Azeez (born 1989), British boxer
* Fatima Azeez (born 1992), Nigerian badminton player
* K. P. A. C. Azeez (1934–2003), Indian film actor in Malayalam cinema
* Ramon Azeez (born 1992), Nigerian footballer
* Shabana Azeez (born c. 1996), Australian actress
Aziz
* Aaron Aziz (born 1976), Singaporean actor
* Aly Abdel Aziz (born 1947), Egyptian squash player
* Arif Aziz (born 1943), Azerbaijan artist and educator
* Asif Aziz (b. 1967), Malawi-born London landlord
* Douglas Aziz (born 1942), Assyrian Iraqi footballer
* Fatima Aziz (1973–2021), Afghan physician and politician
* Gamal Aziz, aka Gamal Mohammed he Abdelaziz, Egyptian-American businessman
* Iqra Aziz (born 1997), Pakistani actress
* Kamran Aziz (1922–2017), Cypriot musician, composer and pharmacist
* Lisa Aziz (born 1962), British TV presenter and journalism
* Michael Aziz, American engineer
* Mohamad Aziz, Malaysian politician
*
Mohammad Aziz
Mohammed Aziz (born as Syed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi; 2 July 1954 – 27 November 2018), also known as Munna, was an Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood, Odia films, Bengali. He sang about twenty thousand son ...
, 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
* Sassi Aziz, Algerian politician
* Shaukat Aziz (born 1949), Pakistani Prime Minister
*
Tariq Aziz
Tariq Aziz (, , 28 April 1936 – 5 June 2015) was an Iraq, Iraqi politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 and Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iraq), Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 ...
(born Mikhail Yuhanna) (1936–2015), ethnic Assyrian former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister
* Tariq Aziz (field hockey, born 1938) (born 1938), Pakistani field hockey player
*
Tariq Aziz (TV personality)
Tariq Aziz (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ; 28 April 1936 – 17 June 2020) was a Pakistan Television, Pakistani television host, poet, film actor, and politician known for PTV Home, PTV's quiz show ''Bazm E Tariq Aziz , Nilaam Ghar'', first air ...
(1936–2020), Pakistani TV personality
* Tipu Aziz (born 1956), neurosurgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital
theophoric name
A theophoric name (from Greek: , ''theophoros'', literally "bearing or carrying a god") embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or a god's name in a person's name, reflecting something about the character of the person so named in relation to that d ...