# عزیز
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz, “powerful, mighty; holy”).

### Adjective

عزیز • (ʼazîz)
* glorious, great, exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory and admiration
    Synonym: شانلی (şanlı)
* precious, dear, valuable, worthy, regarded with love or tenderness, deserving admiration and honour
    Synonym: دكرلو (değerli)
* holy, sacred, godly, characterized by solemn religious ceremony or dedicated to a religious purpose
    Synonyms: شریف (şerif), مبارك (mübârek), مقدس (mukaddes)

### Noun

عزیز • (ʼazîz) (feminine عزیزه (ʼazîze), definite accusative عزیزی (ʼazîzi), plural عزاز (ʼizâz))
* (Islam) saint, hallow, wali, a deceased person officially recognised as especially holy or godly by Muslims
    Synonyms: اولیا (evliya), ولی (veli)

#### Derived terms

* عزیز حكیم (ʼazîz-i hakîm, “the Almighty”)
* عزیز مصر (ʼazîz-i mısr, “Joseph”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: aziz

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aziz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 405
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “azîz”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 73
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عزیز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 846
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Sanctus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1507
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عزیز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3260
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aziz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عزیز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1299

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔa.ziːz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔä.ziːz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔä.ziːz]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔä.ziːz]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔä.ziz]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔæ.ziːz]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔä.ziz]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Adjective

عزیز • ('aziz) (comparative عزیزتَر ('aziz-tar), superlative عزیزتَرین ('aziz-tarin))
* dear
* worthy
* valuable
* precious
* honored
* beloved
* excellent
* rare
* magnificent

### Noun

عزیز • ('aziz) (plural عزیزان ('azizân))
* dear one, darling
* friend
* saint

#### Derived terms

* عزیزم ('azizam)

### Proper noun

عزیز • ('aziz)
* a male given name, Aziz

#### Descendants

* Judeo-Tat: ⱨəziz
* → Bengali: আজিজ (ajij)
* → Gujarati: અજીજ (ajīj), અઝીઝ (ajhījh)
* → Old Hindi: आजीज (ājīja)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: अज़ीज़ (azīz)
    Urdu: عَزِیز ('azīz)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅਜ਼ੀਜ਼ (azīz)
    Shahmukhi script: عَزیِز (ʻazīiz)
* → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: عَزِيزُ
    Devanagari script: अज़ीज़ु

## Urdu
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ə.ziːz/
* Rhymes: -iːz

### Adjective

عَزِیز • (azīz) (Hindi spelling अज़ीज़)
* dear, loved
    Synonym: پیارا (pyārā)

### Noun

عَزِیز • (azīz) m (Hindi spelling अज़ीज़)
* a loved one, dear one

### Proper noun

عَزِیز • (azīz) m (Hindi spelling अज़ीज़)
* a male given name, Aziz

### Further reading

* “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, 2025.
* 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.