Parvīz
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.
| Pronunciation | Persian pronunciation: [pɑrviːz] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Persian |
| Meaning | fortunate, victorious |
| Region of origin | Persia |
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, Pakistani modernist painter
- Alex Parvis, English guitarist of Area 11
- Ansar Pervaiz, Pakistani nuclear scientist, current chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
- Anwar Pervez, British businessman
- Aqsa Parvez (1991–2007), victim of an alleged honour killing in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Arshad Pervez, Pakistani cricketer
- Fariha Pervez, Pakistani musician
- Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, Islamic scholar
- Imran Parvez (born 1977), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Saleem Pervez, Pakistani cricketer
- Tariq Pervez, Pakistani policeman, director-general of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency
- Yunus Parvez (1931–2007), Bollywood character actor
- Zeeshan Parwez, Pakistani musician
Other
- Parviz Khan border point
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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