nizam
UK/nɪˈzɑːm/
nizam noun: the hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.
Noun (1)
nizam (plural nizams or nizamut)
- 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
Noun (2)
nizam (plural nizams)
nizam meaning in Hindi and Tamil
nizam in Hindi
- nizam
- निज़ाम nizām
nizam in Tamil
- ஐதராபாத்தின் இடைக்கால அரசர், துருக்கி நாட்டுப் படைவீரர்
Forms of nizam
| plural | nizams |
|---|---|
| plural | nizamut |
Origin of nizam
From Urdu نظام (nizām) and its source, Persian نظام (nezâm), short for نظام الملک (nezâm el-malek, “a ruler of the realm”).
From Ottoman Turkish نظام (nızam), from Arabic نِظَام (niẓām, “order, arrangement”).
Words formed from nizam
Questions about nizam
- What does nizam mean?
- Nizam means the hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.
- What is nizam in Hindi?
- Nizam in Hindi is निज़ाम (nizām). See Nizam meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nizam?
- Nizam is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nizam?
- Nizam is pronounced /nɪˈzɑːm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nizam?
- The plural of nizam is nizams.
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