High confidenceClassical Arabic
فَوْزِيَّة
Fawziyyah
/faw-ZEE-ya/
Meaning
Successful; triumphant
Yorùbá Adaptation
Yorùbá form
Faosat
Fa-ò-sat
Arabic origin
فَوْزِيَّة
Fawziyyah
The Arabic 'Fawziyyah' (فَوْزِيَّة) underwent significant phonological change. The diphthong 'aw' became 'ao' (representing the Yorùbá open-o sound). The feminine suffix '-iyyah' collapsed to '-at', a common Yorùbá rendering of Arabic feminine -at/ah endings.
Islamic Context
Feminine form of Fawzī, from the root f-w-z (to succeed, to attain).