Azim

Azim (ʿAẓīm عظيم) is one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "Great" or "Magnificent" or "Protector" Also used as a personal name, as short form of the Abdolazim, Abdul Azim, "Servant of the Magnificent". It is used by many Sahrawi people as a surname originating from the Hassaniya Arabic.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

• Abdel Azim Ashry (1911-1997), Egyptian basketball player
• Azim Hussein, Indo-Fijian educationalist and politician
• Tariq Azim Khan, Pakistani politician
• Azim Nanji, Kenyan-born professor of Islamic studies
• Azim Premji (born 1945), Indian business tycoon
• Seyid Azim Shirvani (1835-1888), Azerbaijani poet

Surname:

• , thespian, first Yemeni woman to appear on stage
• Hazem Abdel-Azim (born 1960), Egyptian government opponent, senior adviser to the telecommunications minister in 2007
• Essam Abdel-Azim (born 1970), football footballer of Egypt national football team
• Abdul Azim Al-Aliwat (born 1967), Saudi Arabian athlete, competed in the men's javelin throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics

See also[]

• Azim, Western Saraha, a village in Sahrawi Controlled Western Sahara, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
• Azamat
• Ashkenazim

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