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 Azizos, the god of the morning star | |
| Pronunciation | /aɪziz/ AE-zeez |
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| Gender | male |
| Language | 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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| Origin | |
| Language | Semitic |
| Meaning | 'reputable, powerful, sublime' |
| Region of origin | Middle East |
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| Related names | Azizos |
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 or Nabatean king who ruled Sampsigeramids of the Roman Empire.[4]
In ancient Levantine mythology, Azizos is a god of the morning star of Aramean 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 still used in existing Semitic languages such as Assyrian, Arabic, Hebrew, neo-Aramaic, Mandaic, and Maltese, and is found among Semitic speaking Christians, Jews, Muslims and Gnostics.
It later also spread to non-Semitic language families like Berber languages, Caucasus languages, Iranian languages, Indic languages, Turkic languages and among various language families in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.
Aziz is a common masculine given name, especially in the Muslim world, but it has also continued to be used by earlier pre-Islamic and non-Muslim peoples in the Middle East, like Jews, Assyrians, Arameans, Mandeans, Armenians, etc.
Given name
[edit]Azeez
[edit]- Azeez Abu (born 1994), Nigerian beach soccer player
- Azeez Al-Shaair (born 1997), American football player
- Azeez Ojulari (born 2000), American football player
- Azeez Shobowale Shobola (born 1992), Nigerian footballer
Aziz
[edit]- 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 Gardi (1947–2022), Iraqi Kurdish writer, translator, and academic
- Aziz Ibrahim (born 1964), British guitarist
- Aziz Mian (1942–2000), Pakistani singer
- Aziz Nesin (1915–1995), Turkish humorist and author
- Aziz Sancar (born 1946), Turkish scientist, Nobel laureate
- Aziz Shavershian (1989–2011), Russian-Australian bodybuilder, of Kurdish descent
- Aziz Yıldırım (born 1952), Turkish businessman
Surname
[edit]Azeez
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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, 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 (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) (1936–2020), Pakistani TV personality
- Tipu Aziz (1956–2024), neurosurgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital
See also
[edit]- Azis (disambiguation)
- Aziza (disambiguation) (equivalent feminine name)
- Azizam
- Abdul Aziz, Arabic theophoric name
- Azziz (disambiguation)
- Azizah
- Kfar Aziz
References
[edit]- ^ "Aziz". thebump.com. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ Koehler, Ludwig; Baumgartner, Walter. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Brown–Driver–Briggs.
- ^ 1 Chronicles 5:8
- ^ The Arabs In Antiquity Their History From The Assyrians To The Umayyads. p. 409. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
Later rulers are called 'kings of the Emesenians', although they carry good Arabic names like Azizus (Aziz) and Sohaemus.
- ^ Drijvers, H. J. W. (2015). Cults and Beliefs at Edessa. Brill Publishers. pp. Chapter Six: THE CULT OF AZIZOS AND MONIMOS AND OTHER ARAB DEITIES. ISBN 978-90-04-29562-9.
- ^ Distant WL (1909) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8(3): 317-345.
- ^ Quran 3:6
- ^ Quran 4:158, 9:40
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