عظيم

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb عَظِمَ (ʕaẓima, “to become great”). Related to Hebrew עָצוּם ('atsúm, “enormous, colossal”).

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.ðˤiːm/

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• Rhymes: -iːm

عَظِيم • (ʕaẓīm) (feminine عَظِيمَة (ʕaẓīma), common plural عِظَام (ʕiẓām), masculine plural عُظَمَاء (ʕuẓamāʔ), feminine plural عَظِيمَات (ʕaẓīmāt) or عَظَائِم (ʕaẓāʔim), elative أَعْظَم (ʔaʕẓam))

1. magnificent, grandiose
2. great
3. powerful
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:255:

     اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ

     al-lahu lā ʔilaha ʔillā huwa l-ḥayyu l-qayyūmu lā taʔḵuḏuhu sinatun walā nawmun lahu mā fī s-samāwāti wamā fī l-ʔarḍi man ḏā llaḏī yašfaʕu ʕindahu ʔillā biʔiḏnihi yaʕlamu mā bayna ʔaydīhim wamā ḵalfahum walā yuḥīṭūna bišayʔin min ʕilmihi ʔillā bimā šāʔa wasiʕa kursiyyuhu s-samāwāti wālʔarḍa walā yaʔūduhu ḥifẓuhumā wahuwa l-ʕaliyyu al-ʕaẓīmu

     Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.

• حَقِير (ḥaqīr)
• هَيِّن (hayyin)

• → Azerbaijani: əzim
• → Persian: عظیم ('azim)
  • Hindi: अज़ीम (azīm)
• → Ottoman Turkish: عظیم (azim)
  • Turkish: azîm
• → Urdu: عظیم (azīm)
• → Swahili: adhimu

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