عزیز

`azīz (v.n. fr. عزّ ; see `izz, and `izzat), adj. & s.m. Dear, worthy, precious, highly esteemed, greatly valued, honoured, respected, beloved;—a great man; a worthy or pious personage, a saint; one beloved, a dear friend; a relation, relative;—a great potentate, a title of the king of Egypt;—the plant Centaury:—`azīz jānnā, or `azīz rakhnā(-ko), To hold dear or precious, to esteem or value highly, to love; to revere:—`azīz-dār, s.m. A near and dear friend or relative:—`azīz-dārī, s.f. Relationship:—`azīzu`l-qadr, Mv honoured or worthy friend, my dear sir (a form of address to subordinate officers in official or private correspondence).