اعظم

See also: أعظم

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَعْظَم (ʔaʕẓam).

Adjective

اعظم • (azam) (feminine عظمی (uzmâ))

  1. greatest

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “azam 1”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اعظم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 113a

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَعْظَم (ʔaʕẓam).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? a'zam
Dari reading? a'zam
Iranian reading? a'zam
Tajik reading? a'zam

Adjective

Dari اعظم
Iranian Persian
Tajik аъзам

اعظم • (a'zam)

  1. greater, greatest

Proper noun

Dari اعظم
Iranian Persian
Tajik Аъзам

اعظم • (a'zam)

  1. a female given name, Azam

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَعْظَم (ʔaʕẓam).

Pronunciation

Adjective

اَعْظَم • (a'zam) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling आज़म)

  1. greatest
  2. supreme; paramount

Derived terms

References

  • اعظم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • اعظم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.