Mumtaz

Mumtaz
Pronunciation	[mumtɑz], [momtɑz]
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	"excellent", "the distinguished" or "the best"
Other names
Variant form(s)	Momtaz

Mumtaz (Arabic: ممتاز) means "excellent" in the Arabic language. It may be used to signal commendation for an achievement, similar in meaning to bravo and kudos.

Derived from it is a personal name commonly used in various countries in the Muslim world, mainly Afghanistan, Brunei, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Turkey. It can also be used as a female name. Mumtazah is a related female version.

People with the given name

Mumtaz Mahal (1593–1631), Indian empress

Mumtaz (Indian actress) (born 1947), Indian film actress
Mumtaz (Pakistani actress) (born 1948), Pakistani film actress
Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi (1933-1969), birth name of Madhubala (1933–1969), Indian film actress
Momtaz Begum (born 1974), Bangladeshi folk singer
Mumtaz Begum (actress) (born 1923), Indian film actress
Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani (1940-2020), Pakistani politician
Mumtaz Habib (born 1987), Afghan cricketer
Momtaz Al Ket, Egyptian writer
Mumtaz Mufti (1905–1995), Pakistani novelist
Mumtaz Mustafa (died 2024), Pakistani politician
Mumtaz Hamid Rao (1941–2011), Pakistani television journalist and broadcaster
Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh (1869–1954), Iranian diplomat
Mümtaz Sevinç (1952–2006), Turkish actor
Mumtaz Sorcar (born 1986), Indian actress
Mümtaz Soysal (1929–2019), Turkish politician
Mumtaz Shanti (1926-1994), Indian actress
Mümtaz Tahincioğlu (born 1952), Turkish racing driver

People with the surname

Anjana Mumtaz (born 1941), Indian actress
Ismail Mumtaz (1880–1933), Iranian statesman
Jamshid Momtaz (born 1942), Iranian academic
Khawar Mumtaz (born 1945), Pakistani women's rights activist
Ruslaan Mumtaz (born 1982), Indian actor
Salman Mumtaz (1884–1941), Azerbaijani literary scholar and poet

People with the given name

People with the surname

See also