نظم

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See also: ن ظ م

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن ظ م (n-ẓ-m)

Verb

نَظَمَ (naẓama) I, non-past يَنْظِمُ‎ (yanẓimu)

  1. (transitive) to organize, arrange, put in order
  2. (transitive) to compose (a verse, poem, music); to render in poetry
    • وَكَمْ عَلَّمْتُهُ نَظْمَ الْقَوَافِي / فَلَمَّا قَالَ قَافِيَةً هَجَانِي
      wakam ʕallamtuhū naẓma al-qawāfī / falammā qāla qāfiyatan hajānī
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
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Verb

نَظَّمَ (naẓẓama) II, non-past يُنَظِّمُ‎ (yunaẓẓimu)

  1. (transitive) to organize, to arrange, to regulate, to put in order
  2. (transitive) to adjust, regulate, control
  3. (music, transitive) to tune (an instrument)
Conjugation
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Noun

نَظْم (naẓmm

  1. verbal noun of نَظَمَ (naẓama) (form I)
  2. verse (poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme)
    Antonym: نَثْر (naṯr)
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

نُظُم (nuẓumm pl

  1. plural of نِظَام (niẓām)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن ظ م
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic نَظَّمَ (naẓẓama).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nazˤ.zˤam/,
  • (file)

Verb

نظّم (naẓẓam) II (present بنظّم (binaẓẓem))

  1. to organize, to arrange
    Synonyms: رتّب (rattab), ضبّ (ḍabb)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of نظّم (naẓẓam)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نظّمت (naẓẓamt) نظّمت (naẓẓamt) نظّم (naẓẓam) نظّمنا (naẓẓamna) نظّمتو (naẓẓamtu) نظّمو (naẓẓamu)
f نظّمتي (naẓẓamti) نظّمت (naẓẓamat)
present m بنظّم (banaẓẓem) بتنظّم (bitnaẓẓem) بنظّم (binaẓẓem) مننظّم (minnaẓẓem) بتنظّمو (bitnaẓẓmu) بنظّمو (binaẓẓmu)
f بتنظّمي (bitnaẓẓmi) بتنظّم (bitnaẓẓem)
subjunctive m انظّم (anaẓẓem) تنظّم (tnaẓẓem) ينظّم (ynaẓẓem) ننظّم (nnaẓẓem) تنظّمو (tnaẓẓmu) ينظّمو (ynaẓẓmu)
f تنظّمي (tnaẓẓmi) تنظّم (tnaẓẓem)
imperative m نظّم (naẓẓem) نظّمو (naẓẓmu)
f نظّمي (naẓẓmi)

Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نظم (nazm), from Arabic نَظْم (naẓm). First attested as Old Hindi نظم (naz̤m), from the Arabic root ن ظ م (n ẓ m). See other Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ن ظ م.

Pronunciation

Noun

نَظْم (nazmf (Hindi spelling नज़्म)

  1. order, arrangement, sequence
    • 1892, مکتوبات سر سید [maktūbāt-e sar sayyad], page 143:
      قرآن مجید لفظ بلفظ آنحضرت صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہٰ وسلم کے قلب پر القا ہوا تھا اور وہی الفاظ اور اسی نظم سے جس طرح القا ہوئے تھے آنحضرت صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہٰ وسلم نے لوگوں کو پڑھ سنایا۔
      qurān majīd lafz̤ balafz̤ ānḥaẓrat ṣall-allāhu ʻalaih-i va-ālih-i va-sallam ke qalb par alqā hūā thā aur vahī alfāz̤ aur usī naz̤m se jis t̤arḥ alqā hū'e the ānḥaẓrat ṣall-allāhu ʻalaih-i va-ālih-i va-sallam ne logoṉ ko paṛh sunāya.
      The Holy Qur'an was inculcated in the heart of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, word for word, and in the same words and in the same order as they were inculcated, were recited by the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to the people.
  2. nazm (a genre of poem, poetry)
    • 1909, دپٹی نذیر احمد [Deputy Nazeer Ahmed], مجموعۂ نظم بے نظیر [majmūʻā-e naz̤m be naz̤īr]‎, page 31:
      میں لکچر سے پہلے تبرکاً اپنی نظم پڑھ لیا کرتا ہوں اگرچہ وہ نظم بودی پُھسپُھسی اور نامربوط سی ہوتی ہؠ۔
      maiṉ likcar se pahle tabarrukan apnī naz̤m paṛh liya kartā hūṉ agarcih vuh naz̤m bodī phusphusī aur nāmarbūt̤ sī hotī hai.
      I to read my poetry before my lecture, although that poetry usually to be weak, mild and inconsistent.
    • 1732, کربل کتھا [karbal kathā], page 37:
      ہر سطر نثر اس کے کی شاہراہ وادی ہدایت کی ہے اور ہر بیت نظم اوس کے کی بادشاہ سر پر شہادت کی
      har sat̤r-e nas̱r us ke kī śāhirāh vādīi hidāyat kī hai aur har bait-e naz̤m os ke kī bādśāh sar par śahādat kī
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. discipline, order (of law and rule)
    • 1988, عطاء الحق قاسمی [Ata-ul-Haq Qasmi], جُرمِ ظریفی [Jurm-e-Zareefi]‎, Lahore: سنگِ میل پبلی کیشنز [Sang-e-mel Publications], page 286:
      یہ سن کر انہوں نے کہا "ٹھیک ہے مگر جماعت کا نظم بھی کوئی چیز ہے!"
      yih sun kar unhoṉ ne kahā "ṭhīk hai magar jamā‘at kā naz̤m bhī ko'ī cīz hai!"
      Upon hearing this he said, "All right, but there is such thing as the community's discipline!"
  4. (rare) threading, stringing (of a needle, pearl etc.)
    • 1976, نور السعید اختر [Nūrussaʻīd Ak̲h̲tar], نقوس دکن [Nuqūsh-i Dakan]‎, Mumbai: ہندوستان پرنٹس [Hindustan Prints], →OCLC, page 44:
      اس نے فکر اور عقل کے دریا سے نہایت نادر و نایاب موتی ڈھونڈ نکالے اور انھیں نظم کے ہار میں چابک دستی سے پرویا۔
      With care and wisdom, he discovered extremely rare and precious pearls which he filled the necklace with skill, in the same threading.

Declension

Declension of نظم
singular plural
direct نظم (nazm) نظمیں (nazmẽ)
oblique نظم (nazm) نظموں (nazmõ)
vocative نظم (nazm) نظمو (nazmo)

Further reading

  • نظم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • نظم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نظم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.