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Aziz (Arabic: عزيز, romanized: ʿAzīz; Hebrew: עָזִז, romanized: ʿAzīz; Akkadian: 𒀀𒍣𒍪, romanized: ʿEzīzū) is a Semitic name from the root two-zayin.[1] In the Hebrew Bible, the root two-zayin (ז-ז) means 'reputable, powerful, sublime'.[2] In the 1 Chronicles, Aziz was the son of Shema and the father of Bela.[3] Azizus (Latinised), attested as an Arabian king who ruled Sampsigeramids of the Roman Empire.[4]

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Aziz
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Azizos, the god of the morning star
Pronunciation/ziz/ AE-zeez
Gendermale
Language(s)Assyrian (Aramaic; Akkadian), Arabic, Armenian, Balochi, Bengali, Chechen, Dari, Gujarati, Hebrew, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish, Urdu, Zazaki
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Feminine
Origin
Language(s)Semitic
Meaning'reputable, powerful, sublime'
Region of originMiddle East
Other names
Variant form(s)
  • Azaz
  • Azizus
  • Ezizu
Nickname(s)
  • Azo
  • Azzy
  • Zyzz
Related namesAzizos
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In ancient Levantine mythology, Azizos is a god of the morning star of Aramaic and Arab origin from Palmyra.[5] The Arabian goddess Al-Uzza, related to the planet Venus, is named from the same root.[6] Al-ʿAzīz is one of the names of God in Islam.[7] ʿAzīz without al- is used as a royal title borne by the high nobles of Ancient Egypt.[8]

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, Caucasus languages, Iranian languages, and Turkic languages. Aziz is a common masculine given name, especially in the Muslim world, but it has also continued to be used by non-Muslim peoples in the Middle East, like Jews, Assyrians, Armenians, etc.

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Azeez

Aziz

Surname

Azeez

Aziz

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