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"HAFIZ" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a custodian", "a guardian". |
Date "HAFIZ" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Hafiz The great Persian lyrist, called the "Persian Anacreon" (fourteenth century). His odes are called ghazels, and are both sweet and graceful. The word hafiz (retainer) is a degree given to those who know by heart the Koran and Hadith (traditions). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: HAFIZ |
| Specialty definitions using "HAFIZ": Anacreon ♦ Hafiz. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Clever | On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. (references; author: Hafiz) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Hafiz | On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Syria | Hafiz Al-Asad died on June 10, 2000, after 30 years in power. (references) |
Syria | Upon assuming power, Hafiz al-Asad moved quickly to create an organizational infrastructure for his government and to consolidate control. (references) | |
Syria | There were several presidential summits; the last one occurred when then-President Clinton met the late President Hafiz al-Asad in Geneva in March 2000. (references) | |
Human Rights | Syria | In May 2000, late-President Hafiz Al-Asad amended the Economic Penal Code to allow defendants in economic courts to be released on bail. (references) |
Political Economy | Syria | Former President Hafiz Al-Asad died on June 10, 2000, after 30 years in power. (references) |
Syria | President Hafiz al-Asad, who assumed office in 1970, died on June 10, 2000. His son, Bashar al-Asad, was nominated by the Parliament to succeed as President, a choice ratified in a national referendum on July 10, 2000. In keeping with the tradition of his late father, Bashar received over 97% of the votes cast. (references) | |
Political Rights | Syria | The late President Hafiz Al-Asad was confirmed by unopposed referenda five times after taking power in 1970. His son, Bashar Al-Asad, also was confirmed by an unopposed referendum in July 2000. The Government is headed by a Cabinet, which the President has the discretion to change. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "HAFIZ" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "HAFIZ" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "HAFIZ" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a custodian", "a guardian". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "HAFIZ." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Hafiz | Male | Arabic | N/A |
| Hafeez | Male | Indian | Hafiz |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "HAFIZ": Al-hafiz. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hafiz | 42 |
hafiz hashim | 6 |
hafiz poetry | 5 |
abdel halim hafiz | 4 |
hafiz hotmail.com sahab | 2 |
fale hafiz | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "HAFIZ"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | Hafız. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"HAFIZ" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hafa, Hafar, Hafaz, Hafetz, hafez, haffen, Hafif, hafis, haflin, haif, haifs, haiz, Halfie, heiz, Hfi, htfiid, Shafiq. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-h-i-z" | |
-2 letters: fiz. | |
-3 letters: ah, ai, fa, ha, hi, if. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 41 46 49 5A |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- ..-. .. --.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01000001 01000110 01001001 01011010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H A F I Z |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0041 0046 0049 005A |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4235404360 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Derived from | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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