The story
- Persian · derived fromشهباز“royal falcon”
- Arabic · derived fromعَزّ“to be mighty or glorious”
- Arabic · derived fromشَعْب“a people”
- English todayShabazz
From Arabic شَعْب (šaʕb, “a people”) and Arabic عَزّ (ʕazz, “to be mighty or glorious”). Also possibly from Persian شهباز (šahbâz, “royal falcon”), from شاه (shāh, “king”), + باز (bāz, “hawk, falcon”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.