Arabic definite article
Abd al-Aziz (, DMG: "ʽAbd al-ʽAzīz"), frequently also transliterated Abdul-Aziz, is a male Arabic Muslim given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the words "ʽAbd", the Arabic definite article and "ʽAzīz" "Almighty". The name is commonly abbreviated as "ʽAzīz". The name means "servant of the Almighty", "al-ʽAzīz" being one of the names of God in Islam, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.