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| name = Mumtaz<br />
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| pronunciation= {{IPA|ar|mumtɑz|}}, {{IPA|ar|momtɑz|}}<br />
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| meaning = "excellent", "the distinguished" or "the best" <br />
| language = Arabic<br />
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| variant = Momtaz<br />
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'''''Mumtaz''''' ({{langx|ar|ممتاز}}) means "excellent" in the [[Arabic language]]. It may be used to signal commendation for an achievement, similar in meaning to [[wikt:bravo|bravo]] and [[wikt:kudos|kudos]].<br />
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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. <br />
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==People with the given name==<br />
* [[Mumtaz Mahal]] (1593–1631), Indian empress<br />
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* [[Mumtaz (Indian actress)]] (born 1947), Indian film actress<br />
* [[Mumtaz (Pakistani actress)]] (born 1948), Pakistani film actress<br />
* [[Madhubala|Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi]] (1933–1969), birth name of Madhubala (1933–1969), Indian film actress<br />
* [[Momtaz Begum]] (born 1974), Bangladeshi folk singer<br />
* [[Mumtaz Begum (actress)]] (born 1923), Indian film actress<br />
* [[Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani]] (1940–2020), Pakistani politician<br />
* [[Mumtaz Habib]] (born 1987), Afghan cricketer<br />
* [[Momtaz Al Ket]], Egyptian writer<br />
* [[Mumtaz Mufti]] (1905–1995), Pakistani novelist<br />
* [[Mumtaz Mustafa]] (died 2024), Pakistani politician<br />
* [[Mumtaz Hamid Rao]] (1941–2011), Pakistani television journalist and broadcaster<br />
* [[Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh]] (1869–1954), Iranian diplomat<br />
* [[Mümtaz Sevinç]] (1952–2006), Turkish actor<br />
* [[Mumtaz Sorcar]] (born 1986), Indian actress<br />
* [[Mümtaz Soysal]] (1929–2019), Turkish politician<br />
* [[Mumtaz Shanti]] (1926–1994), Indian actress<br />
* [[Mümtaz Tahincioğlu]] (born 1952), Turkish racing driver<br />
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==People with the surname==<br />
* [[Anjana Mumtaz]] (born 1941), Indian actress<br />
* [[Ismail Mumtaz]] (1880–1933), Iranian statesman<br />
* [[Jamshid Momtaz]] (born 1942), Iranian academic<br />
* [[Khawar Mumtaz]] (born 1945), Pakistani women's rights activist<br />
* [[Ruslaan Mumtaz]] (born 1982), Indian actor<br />
* [[Salman Mumtaz]] (1884–1941), Azerbaijani literary scholar and poet<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Momtazuddin Ahmed (disambiguation)|Momtazuddin Ahmed]], derived name<br />
* ''[[Shabash (disambiguation)|Shabash]]''<br />
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