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English
Etymology 1
From Urdu نظام (nizām) and its source, Persian نظام (nezâm), short for نظام الملک (nezâm el-malek, “ruler of the realm”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nizam (plural nizams or nizamut)
- (historical) The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.
2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans, Penguin, published 2016, page 71:The nawabs of Bhopal, Ranput, Murshidabad, and Dhaka, along with the nizam of Hyderabad, all affirmed that the sultan has misled Muslims with his “erroneous” call to jihad and insisted that Indian Muslims had a duty to support Great Britain.
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Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish نظام (nızam), from Arabic نِظَام (niẓām, “order, arrangement”).
Noun
nizam (plural nizams)
- (obsolete) The Turkish regular army; a soldier in the Turkish army.
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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Arabic نِظَام (niẓām).
Pronunciation
Noun
nizam (definite accusative nizamı, plural nizamlar)
- (proper) order
- Synonym: yöndəm
- nizama salmaq ― to get in order
- yeni dünya nizamı ― new world order
- order, routine
- (military) formation
- (military) line
- (computing) preferences, settings
- Synonym: ayar
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نظام (nızam), from Arabic نِظَام (niẓām, “order, arrangement”).
Noun
nizam m (plural nizami)
- nizam
Declension
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish نظام (nizam), from Arabic نِظَام (niẓām).
Pronunciation
Noun
nizam (definite accusative nizamı, plural nizamlar)
- order, arrangement
- Synonym: düzen
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