Editing Aziz (section)

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{{Infobox name
| name                 = Aziz
| image                = Siria, regione di hauran o tell halaf, divinità armata su un dromedario, forse allat o azizos, I-III sec..JPG
| caption              = [[Azizos]], the god of the morning star
| romanisation         = 
| pronunciation        = {{IPAc-en|aɪ|z|i|z}} {{respell|AE|zeez}}
| gender               = male
| feminine             = {{hlist|[[Aziza (disambiguation)|Azizah]]|[[Muazzez]]}}
| meaning              = 'reputable, powerful, sublime'
| region               = [[Middle East]]
| language             = Assyrian (Aramaic; Akkadian), [[Arabic]], [[Armenian language|Armenian]], [[Balochi language|Balochi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Chechen language|Chechen]], [[Dari]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]], [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]], [[Pashto]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Somali language|Somali]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], [[Urdu]], [[Zaza language|Zazaki]]
| languageorigin       = Semitic
| nickname             = {{hlist|Azo|Azzy|Zyzz}}
| variant forms        = {{hlist|Azaz|Azizus|Ezizu}}
| related names        = Azizos
}}
{{wiktionary|عزيز|עזיז}}

'''Aziz''' ({{langx|ar|عزيز|ʿAzīz}}; {{langx|he|עָזִז|ʿAzīz}}; {{Langx|akk|𒀀𒍣𒍪|ʿEzīzū}}) is a [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] name from the root two-[[zayin]].<ref name="thebump">{{cite web |title=Aziz |url=https://www.thebump.com/b/aziz-baby-name |publisher=thebump.com |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref> In the [[Hebrew Bible]], the root two-zayin ({{Script/Hebr|ז-ז}}) means 'reputable, powerful, sublime'.<ref name="ko-ba">{{cite book |last1=Koehler |first1=Ludwig |last2=Baumgartner |first2=Walter |title=The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament |publisher=[[Brown–Driver–Briggs]] |url=https://dictionaries.brillonline.com/halot}}</ref> In the [[Books of Chronicles|1 Chronicles]], Aziz was the son of Shema and the father of Bela.<ref>{{Bibleverse|1 Chronicles|5:8}}</ref> Azizus ([[Latinisation of names|Latinised]]), attested as an Arabian king who ruled [[Emesene dynasty|Sampsigeramids]] of the [[Roman Empire]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Arabs In Antiquity Their History From The Assyrians To The Umayyads |page=409 |url=https://archive.org/details/the-arabs-in-antiquity-their-history-from-the-assyrians-to-the-umayyads |access-date=27 August 2024 |quote=Later rulers are called 'kings of the Emesenians', although they carry good Arabic names like Azizus (Aziz) and Sohaemus.}}</ref> 

In ancient [[Canaanite religion#Mythology|Levantine mythology]], [[Azizos]] is a god of the morning star of Aramaic and Arab origin from [[Palmyra]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Cults and Beliefs at Edessa|last=Drijvers|first=H. J. W.|publisher=Brill Publishers|year=2015|isbn=978-90-04-29562-9|pages=Chapter Six: THE CULT OF AZIZOS AND MONIMOS AND OTHER ARAB DEITIES}}</ref> The Arabian goddess [[Al-Uzza]], related to the planet [[Venus]], is named from the same root.<ref>Distant WL (1909) ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.'' 8(3): 317-345.</ref> [[Names of God in Islam#List of names|''Al-ʿAzīz'']] is one of the names of God in [[Islam]].<ref>{{Cite Quran|3|6|style=nosup}}</ref> ''ʿAzīz'' without ''al-'' is used as a royal title borne by the high nobles of [[Ancient Egyptian deities|Ancient Egypt]].<ref>{{Cite Quran|4|158|style=nosup}}, {{Cite Quran|9|40|style=nosup|begin=no}}</ref>

It is used in existing Semitic languages (Arabic, Hebrew, [[Suret language|neo-Aramaic]], [[Mandaic language|Mandaic]], [[Maltese language|Maltese]]) and has also spread to non-Semitic language families like [[Berber languages]], [[Languages of the Caucasus|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]], [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]], [[Armenians]], etc.