nizam
English
Etymology 1
From Urdu نظام (nizām) and its source, Persian نظام (nizâm), short for نظام الملک (nizâm el-malek, “ruler of the realm”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
nizam (plural nizams)
- (historical) The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India. [from 18th c.]
- 2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans, Penguin 2016, p. 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.
- 2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans, Penguin 2016, p. 71:
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish نظام (nızam), from Arabic نِظَام (niẓām, “order, arrangement”).
Noun
nizam (plural nizams)
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