نظام

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Arabic

Root
ن ظ م (n-ẓ-m)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni.ðˤaːm/
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Noun

نِظَام (niẓāmm (plural نُظُم (nuẓum) or أَنْظِمَة (ʔanẓima))

  1. system
    نحتاج إلى تحسين نظام الصحة في البلاد.
    Naḥtāǧ ʾilā taḥsīn niẓām aṣ-ṣiḥḥah fī al-bilaad.
    We need to improve the healthcare system in the country.
  2. regularity
  3. order
  4. method
  5. rule
  6. (politics) regime: perhaps short for نِظَام الْحُكْم (niẓām al-ḥukm, system of rule)

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References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نظم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نِظَام (niẓām).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? nizām
Dari reading? nizām
Iranian reading? nezâm
Tajik reading? nizom

Noun

نظام (nezâm)

  1. system
  2. order
  3. military

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نظام (nizām), from Arabic نِظَام (niẓām).

Pronunciation

Noun

نِظام (nizāmm (Hindi spelling निज़ाम)

  1. system, order
  2. institution, foundation (network)

Related terms

References

  • نظام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • نظام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.