معظم

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Arabic

Root
ع ظ م (ʕ-ẓ-m)

Etymology 1

Derived from the passive participle of the verb عَظَّمَ (ʕaẓẓama).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُعَظَّم (muʕaẓẓam) (feminine مُعَظَّمَة (muʕaẓẓama), masculine plural مُعَظَّمُونَ (muʕaẓẓamūna), feminine plural مُعَظَّمَات (muʕaẓẓamāt))

  1. passive participle of عَظَّمَ (ʕaẓẓama)
  2. exalted, glorified, venerated
    أَتَيْتُ القُبُورَ فَنَادَيْتُهَا * أَيْنَ المُعَظَّمُ و أَيْنَ المُحْتَقِرُ
    ʔataytu l-qubūra fanādaytuhā * ʔayna al-muʕaẓẓamu w ʔayna l-muḥtaqiru
    I approached the graves and called out to it,‘Where is the exalted one and where is the debased?
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle from the verb أَعْظَم (ʔaʕẓam).

Pronunciation

Noun

مُعْظَم (muʕẓamm

  1. most, the majority of
Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَظَّم (muʕaẓẓam).

Adjective

معظم (muazzam)

  1. made great
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْظَم (muʕẓam).

Noun

معظم (muzam)

  1. the main part

Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَظَّم (muʕaẓẓam).

Adjective

Dari معظم
Iranian Persian
Tajik муаззам

معظم (mo'azzam)

  1. exalted

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْظَم (muʕẓam).

Noun

Dari معظم
Iranian Persian
Tajik муъзам

معظم (mo'zam)

  1. the greater part

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَظَّم (muʕaẓẓam).

Adjective

معظم (muazzam)

  1. magnified; great; honoured, respected, revered

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْظَم (muʕẓam).

Noun

معظم (muzamm

  1. the superior, the greater, the principal, chief; the greater part; the better sort; the gross, or mass, or bulk (of)
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • معظم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “معظم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • معظم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.