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nizam en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /nɪˈzɑːm/ (UK)

Etymology

From Urdu نظام (nizām) and its source, Persian نظام (nezâm), short for نظام الملک (nezâm el-malek, “a ruler of the realm”).

Meanings

1. (historical) The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.
   • 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, published 2016, page 71:

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nizamate

nizam en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نظام (nızam), from Arabic نِظَام (niẓām, “order, arrangement”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) The Turkish regular army; a soldier in the Turkish army.

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