Parvīz
| Pronunciation | Persian pronunciation: [pɑrviːz] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Persian |
| Meaning | fortunate, victorious |
| Region of origin | Persia |
Parvēz, Pērvaz or Parvīz[1] (Template:Lang-fa, meaning "fortunate, victorious"; Template:Lang-pal Parvēz, also ʾplwyc Abarvēz/Aparvēz), is a Persian male given name, mostly popular in Iran, Central Asia, South Asia and among Azeris. It is also a common surname.
Note: Parvēz, Parvez, Parvīz, Parwez, Parwiz, Pervaiz, Pervaz, Pervez, Perviz , Parvase or Purvez are usually the same name but with different spellings. Furthermore, pronunciation between the two are equal.These are ultimately derived from middle Persian Peroz of which many variations such as Piruz, Phiroze Feroze, Parviz, etc. exist.
Given name
Notable people who have this given name include:
- Parviz (Khosrow II), the twenty-second Sassanid King of Persia also known as Khosrow Parviz or Khosrow "The Victorious One" or "The Undefeatable" (reigning from 590 to 628 CE).
- Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi, the former Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force
- Parvez Butt (born 1942), Pakistani nuclear engineer and former chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission 2001–2006 (PAEC)
- Parvez Hossain Emon, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Parvez Imroz, human rights lawyer and a civil rights activist in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir
- Parvez Qadir, British actor
- Parvez Sharma, Indian film director
- Parviz Abnar, sound recordist
- Parviz Fannizadeh, Iranian actor
- Parviz Ghelichkhani, footballer
- Parviz Mazloumi, football manager
- Parviz Meshkatian, Iranian Musician
- Parviz Moin, physicist
- Parviz Natel-Khanlari, professor
- Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor
- Parviz Sayyad, Iranian actor
- Parviz Sobirov, Tajikistani jodoka
- Parviz Iskenderov, kickboxer
- Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani professor of nuclear physics
- Pervez Kambaksh, journalist
- Pervez Jamil Mir, Pakistani TV anchorperson
- Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army
- Pervez Sajjad, former Pakistani cricketer
- Pervez Taufiq, songwriter and lead singer for band Living Syndication
Middle name
- Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, previous Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, former candidate for Prime Minister of Pakistan and former Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan
- Imran Pervez Awan, Pakistani born American cricketer
- Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Raja Nadir Pervez Khan, Pakistani politician
- Shahid Parvez Khan, Sitar player of Hindustani Classical Music
- Muhammad Parviz Mirza, second son of Mughal emperor Jahangir
- Muhammad Parvez Gangua, Bangladeshi film actor
Surname
- Ahmed Pervez, successful Pakistani painter of modernism
- Alex Parvis, English guitarist of Area 11
- Ansar Pervaiz, Pakistani nuclear scientist, nuclear reactor technologist and a nuclear engineer who is the current chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
- Anwar Pervez, OBE, Hilal-i-Pakistan, is a businessman in the United Kingdom
- Aqsa Parvez (1991–2007), the victim of an alleged honour killing in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Arshad Pervez, former Pakistani cricketer
- Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, Islamic scholar
- Imran Parvez (born 1977), cricketer from Bangladesh
- Saleem Pervez, former Pakistani cricketer
- Tariq Pervez, Pakistani policeman, was the director-general of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency
- Yunus Parvez (1931–2007), Bollywood character actor
- Zeeshan Parwez, Pakistani musician
- Fariha Pervez, Pakistani musician
Other
Notes
- ^ In the early new Persian and the eastern contemporary variants of the Persian language, there are two different vowels ī and ē which are shown by the same Perso-Arabic letter ی, and in the standard transliteration, both of them are usually transliterated as ī.
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