Parvīz
For the village in Iran, see Parviz, Iran.
| Parviz | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | Persian pronunciation: [pɑrviːz] |
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Persian |
| Meaning | fortunate, victorious |
Parvēz, Pērvaz or Parvīz[1] (Persian: پرویز, meaning "fortunate, victorious"; Middle Persian: plwyc 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 or Purvez are usually the same name but with different spellings. Furthermore, pronunciation between the two are equal.
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 Ahmed, cricketer from Bangladesh
- Parvez Butt (born 1942), Pakistani nuclear engineer and former chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission 2001–2006 (PAEC)
- 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
- Parvez Rasool, Indian cricketer
- Parviz Sayyad, Iranian actor
- Parviz Sobirov, Tajikistani jodoka
- Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani professor of nuclear physics
- Pervez Kambaksh, journalist
- Pervez Jamil Mir, Pakistani TV anchorperson
- Pervez Musharraf (born 1943), former President & COAS of Pakistan
- Pervez Sajjad, former Pakistani cricketer
- Pervez Taufiq (born 1974), songwriter and lead singer for band Living Syndication
- Parvèz A.C. Dookhy, Lawyer and Politician
- Parviz, N. Muradov, Famous Azerbaijani, working for golf
Middle name
- Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, NI(M), HI, (born 1952), Pakistani general and the 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, Pakistan Peoples Party politician, and current Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Raja Nadir Pervez Khan, Pakistani politician
- Shahid Parvez Khan (born 1955), Sitar player of Hindustani Classical Music
- Muhammad Parviz Mirza, second son of Mughal emperor Jahangir
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
- Raju Parvez, 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 Music Artist
- 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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