Aziz ( ar, عزيز, , is an Arabic male name. The feminine form of both the adjective and the given name is Aziza. ''Aziz'' in

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

is derived from the

root In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster. They are most often below the sur ...

''ʕ-z-z'' with a meaning of "strong, powerful" and the adjective has acquired its meaning of "dear, darling, precious". It is a

cognate In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words in different languages that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymology, etymological ancestor in a proto-language, common parent language. Because language c ...

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

''oz'' עוז meaning "might, strength, power". The Semitic word refers to the "power and glory" of deities and kings. In the Latinised form "Azizus" it is attested as the name of one of the Arab Priest-Kings who ruled

Emesa Homs ( , , , ; ar, حِمْص / ALA-LC: ; Levantine Arabic: / ''Ḥomṣ'' ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa ( ; grc, Ἔμεσα, Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level ...

(the modern

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) as clients of the

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. In ancient

Levantine mythology The Canaanite religion was the group of ancient Semitic religions practiced by the Canaanites living in the ancient Levant from at least the early Bronze Age through the first centuries AD. Canaanite religion was polytheistic and, in some cases, ...

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 a ...

or Aziz is the Palmyrene Arab god of the morning star. The Arabian goddess

Al-Uzza Al-ʻUzzā ( ar, العزى or Old Arabic l ʕuzzeː was one of the three chief goddesses of Arabian religion in pre-Islamic times and she was worshiped by the pre-Islamic Arabs along with al-Lāt and Manāt. A stone cube at Nakhla (near M ...

, 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 Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

. 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 Yusuf ( ar, يوسف, ; Arabic synonym of "Joseph") is the 12th chapter (Surah) of the Quran and has 111 Ayahs (verses). It is preceded by sūrah Hud and followed by Ar-Ra’d (The thunder). Regarding the timing and contextual background of ...

, and also by the Biblical

Potiphar Potiphar ( ; Egyptian origin: ''pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ'' "he whom Ra gave") is a figure in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. Potiphar is possibly the same name as Potiphera () from Late Egyptian ''pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ'' "he whom Ra has given." Potiphar ...

, referred to in the

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as Aziz. It is used in existing

Semitic languages The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, the Horn of Africa, and latterly North Africa, Malta, West Africa, Chad, and in large immigra ...

such as

, Assyrian Neo Aramaic, Mandic,

, and also in non-Semitic languages like Turkish,

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

, Azerbaijani,

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

Pashtu Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages ...

Dari Dari (, , ), also known as Dari Persian (, ), is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the term officially recognised and promoted since 1964 by the Afghan government for the Persian language,Lazard, G.Darī � ...

, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uzbek, Uyghur, Balochi,

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

, Somali,

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesian ...

, and

Malaysian Malaysian may refer to: * Something from or related to Malaysia, a country in Southeast Asia * Malaysian Malay, a dialect of Malay language spoken mainly in Malaysia * Malaysian people, people who are identified with the country of Malaysia regard ...

. ''Aziz'' is a common masculine given name, especially in the

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but it has also continued to be used by non-Muslim peoples in the Middle East, e.g. Assyrians, and Mandeans.

Given name

Azeez

* Azeez Abu (born 1994), Nigerian beach soccer player *

Azeez Al-Shaair Azeez Al-Shaair (born August 4, 1997) is an American football inside linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida Atlantic. Early life and high school Al-Shaair was born in Ta ...

(born 1997), American football player *

Azeez Ojulari Azeez O. Ojulari (born June 16, 2000) is an American football outside linebacker and defensive end for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia and was drafted by the Giants in the second ro ...

(born 2000), American football player * Azeez Shobowale Shobola (born 1992), Nigerian footballer

Aziz

Aziz Ansari Aziz Ismail Ansari (; born February 23, 1983) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is known for his role as Tom Haverford on the NBC series ''Parks and Recreation'' (2009–2015) and as creator and star of the Netflix series ''Master ...

(born 1983), Indian-American stand-up comedian and actor. * Aziz Azion (born 1984), Ugandan R&B singer-songwriter. *

Aziz Behich Aziz Eraltay Behich ( tr, Aziz Eraltay, ; born 16 December 1990) is an Australian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a left back and Wide midfielder, left winger for Scottish club Dundee United F.C., Dundee United and th ...

(born 1990), Australian footballer. *

Aziz Ibrahim Aziz-Ur-Rahman Ibrahim (born 16 March 1964) is a British guitarist. He was born in Longsight, Manchester to Pakistani parents. He is best known for his work as guitarist with Simply Red, The Stone Roses (post- John Squire) and their former vo ...

(born 1964), British guitarist. *

Aziz Mian Aziz Mian Qawwal ( ur, عزیز میاں قوال) (17 April 1942 – 6 December 2000) was a Pakistani traditional qawwal famous for singing ghazals in his own style of qawwali and is considered one of the greatest qawwals in South Asia. He ...

(1942–2000), Pakistani singer. *

Aziz Nesin Aziz Nesin (; born Mehmet Nusret, 20 December 1915 – 6 July 1995) was a Turkish writer, humorist and the author of more than 100 books. Born in a time when Turks did not have official surnames, he had to adopt one after the Surname Law of ...

(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 for t ...

(born 1946), Turkish scientist and 2015 Nobel laureate in Chemistry. *

Aziz Shavershian Aziz Sergeyevich Shavershian (russian: link=no, Ази́з Серге́евич Шавершя́н; 24 March 1989 – 5 August 2011), better known as Zyzz, was a Russian-born Australian bodybuilder, personal trainer and model. He established a ...

(1989–2011), Russian-Australian bodybuilder and

internet personality An Internet celebrity (also known as a social media influencer, social media personality, internet personality, or simply influencer) is a celebrity who has acquired or developed their fame and notability through the Internet. The rise of social m ...

descent. *

Aziz Yıldırım Aziz Yıldırım (born 2 November 1952) was the 36th chairman of the Turkish, He has Kurdish Origin multi-sport club Fenerbahçe SK. He lost the election held on 3 June 2018 to Ali Koç which made him the 37th president of the Turkish club. ...

(born 1952), Turkish businessman.

Surname

Azeez

A. M. A. Azeez Aboobucker Mohamed Abdul Azeez ( ta, ஏ. எம். ஏ. அஸீஸ்; 4 October 1911 – 24 November 1973) was a Ceylonese civil servant, educator, social worker and member of the Senate of Ceylon. Early life and family Azeez was born o ...

(1911–1973), Ceylonese civil servant, educator, social worker * Ade Azeez (born 1994), English footballer * Dan Azeez (born 1989), British boxer *

Fatima Azeez Titilayo Fatima Azeez (born 31 December 1992) is a Nigerian badminton player. In 2010, she competed at the Summer Youth Olympics The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, o ...

(born 1992), Nigerian badminton player *

K. P. A. C. Azeez Azeez (27 November 1934 – 16 July 2003) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 100 films. He came into the movie industry as a villain, later he started doing character roles, such as police officer, jailer, and ministe ...

(1934–2003), Indian film actor in Malayalam cinema *

Ramon Azeez Ramon Olamilekan Azeez (born 12 December 1992) is a Nigerian Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfielder. He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Spain, starting at UD Almer ...

(born 1992), Nigerian footballer

Aziz

* Aaron Aziz (born 1976), Singaporean actor *

Arif Aziz Arif Aziz (or: Ариф Азиз; * 1943 in Baku; with full name: Aziz Arif Mokhubali / Азиз Ариф Мохубали) is an artist from Azerbaijan, living and teaching in its capital, Baku. He is one of Azerbaijan's internationally known con ...

(born 1943), Azerbaijan artist and educator *

Douglas Aziz Douglas Aziz Shamasha Eshaya (; born 1 January 1942) is an Iraqi former football player and caretaker coach. He represented the Iraq national team, and is ethnically Assyrian. Club career He was a pillar for club and country during the late 19 ...

(born 1942),

Assyrian Assyrian may refer to: * Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia. * Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire. ** Early Assyrian Period ** Old Assyrian Period ** Middle Assyrian Empire ** Neo-Assyrian Empire * Assyrian ...

Iraqi footballer *

Gamal Aziz Gamal Aziz, also known as Gamal Abdelaziz, (Arabic: جمال عزيز) (born ) is an Egyptian-American businessman. Aziz is the former president of Wynn Macau Limited and chief operating officer of Wynn Resorts Development. He was also the forme ...

, also known as Gamal Mohammed he Abdelaziz, Egyptian-American businessman *

Lisa Aziz Lisa Soraya Aziz (born 19 June 1962) is a British news presenter. She is best known as the presenter of the Morning News on LBC. Before this she worked for ITV Westcountry as a co-presenter for the evening news programme: The West Country Toni ...

(born 1962), British television presenter and journalism *

Michael Aziz Michael John Aziz is an American research scientist and engineer and the Gene and Tracy Sykes Professor of Materials and Energy Technologies at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He is an affiliated faculty mem ...

, American engineer * Mohamad Aziz, Malaysian politician *

Mohammad Aziz Mohammed Aziz (born as Sayeed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi; 2 July 1954 – 27 November 2018), also known as Munna (Name Given By Legendary Music Composer Akshaya Mohanty, was an Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood ...

, Indian playback singer *

Omar Aziz Omar José Abdel Aziz (born November 9, 1958) is a Brazilian politician. He served as the Governor of the Brazilian state The federative units of Brazil ( pt, unidades federativas do Brasil) are subnational entities with a certain degree of au ...

(born 1958), Brazilian politician *

Philip Aziz Philip J.A.F. Aziz (April 15, 1923 – September 13, 2009) was a Canadian artist. He lived in London, Ontario, and was of Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christian descent. He was recognized for his work in the technique of egg tempera-en-gesso panel, ...

(1923–2009), Canadian artist of Lebanese ancestry *

Riza Aziz Riza Shahriz bin Abdul Aziz, better known as Riza Aziz, is a Malaysian film producer and the co-founder of Red Granite Pictures, a Los Angeles-based film production company. Career Riza holds a BS degree in Government & Economics and an MS ...

, Malaysian producer *

Shaukat Aziz Shaukat Aziz ( ur, ; born 6 March 1949) is a Pakistani former banker and financier who served as 17th prime minister of Pakistan from 28 August 2004 to 15 November 2007, as well as the finance minister of Pakistan from 6 November 1999 to 15 ...

(born 1949), Pakistani Prime Minister *

Tariq Aziz Tariq Aziz ( ar, طارق عزيز , 28 April 1936 – 5 June 2015) was an Iraqi politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein. Their association began in the 1950s wh ...

(born Mikhail Yuhanna) (1936–2015), ethnic

former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister under Saddam Hussein * Tariq Aziz (field hockey, born 1938) (born 1938), Pakistani field hockey player *

Tariq Aziz (TV personality) Tariq Aziz (Punjabi, ur, طارق عزیز; 28 April 1936 – 17 June 2020) was a Pakistani television host, poet and film actor, known for PTV's quiz show ''Neelam Ghar'', first aired in 1974, later renamed the ''Tariq Aziz Show'' and lately ...

(1936–2020), Pakistani TV personality *

Tipu Aziz Tipu Zahed Aziz, Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom, FMedSci ( bn, টিপু আজিজ জাহেদ; born 9 November 1956) is a Bangladeshi-born United Kingdom, British professor of neurosurgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital i ...

(born 1956), Professor of neurosurgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford University *

Iqra Aziz Iqra Aziz Hussain (born 24 November 1997) is a Pakistani actress who primarily works in Urdu television. She made her acting debut in 2014 with a supporting role shanzey in ''Kissey Apna Kahein''. Aziz is widely recognized for portraying the r ...

(born 1997), Pakistani Actress

References

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