ناظم

Arabic

Root
ن ظ م (n ẓ m)
13 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of نَظَمَ (naẓama).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naː.ðˤim/

Adjective

نَاظِم • (nāẓim) (feminine نَاظِمَة (nāẓima), masculine plural نَاظِمُونَ (nāẓimūna), feminine plural نَاظِمَات (nāẓimāt))

active participle of نَظَمَ (naẓama)
manager, organizer
(poetry) composer (of poetry)

Declension

Declension of adjective **نَاظِم** (nāẓim)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	نَاظِم nāẓim	النَّاظِم an-nāẓim	نَاظِمَة nāẓima	النَّاظِمَة an-nāẓima
nominative	نَاظِمٌ nāẓimun	النَّاظِمُ an-nāẓimu	نَاظِمَةٌ nāẓimatun	النَّاظِمَةُ an-nāẓimatu
accusative	نَاظِمًا nāẓiman	النَّاظِمَ an-nāẓima	نَاظِمَةً nāẓimatan	النَّاظِمَةَ an-nāẓimata
genitive	نَاظِمٍ nāẓimin	النَّاظِمِ an-nāẓimi	نَاظِمَةٍ nāẓimatin	النَّاظِمَةِ an-nāẓimati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	نَاظِمَيْن nāẓimayn	النَّاظِمَيْن an-nāẓimayn	نَاظِمَتَيْن nāẓimatayn	النَّاظِمَتَيْن an-nāẓimatayn
nominative	نَاظِمَانِ nāẓimāni	النَّاظِمَانِ an-nāẓimāni	نَاظِمَتَانِ nāẓimatāni	النَّاظِمَتَانِ an-nāẓimatāni
accusative	نَاظِمَيْنِ nāẓimayni	النَّاظِمَيْنِ an-nāẓimayni	نَاظِمَتَيْنِ nāẓimatayni	النَّاظِمَتَيْنِ an-nāẓimatayni
genitive	نَاظِمَيْنِ nāẓimayni	النَّاظِمَيْنِ an-nāẓimayni	نَاظِمَتَيْنِ nāẓimatayni	النَّاظِمَتَيْنِ an-nāẓimatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	نَاظِمِين nāẓimīn	النَّاظِمِين an-nāẓimīn	نَاظِمَات nāẓimāt	النَّاظِمَات an-nāẓimāt
nominative	نَاظِمُونَ nāẓimūna	النَّاظِمُونَ an-nāẓimūna	نَاظِمَاتٌ nāẓimātun	النَّاظِمَاتُ an-nāẓimātu
accusative	نَاظِمِينَ nāẓimīna	النَّاظِمِينَ an-nāẓimīna	نَاظِمَاتٍ nāẓimātin	النَّاظِمَاتِ an-nāẓimāti
genitive	نَاظِمِينَ nāẓimīna	النَّاظِمِينَ an-nāẓimīna	نَاظِمَاتٍ nāẓimātin	النَّاظِمَاتِ an-nāẓimāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: nazim
→ Persian: ناظم (nâzim)
- → Urdu: ناظم (nāzim)
  - → English: nazim
→ Ottoman Turkish: ناظم (nâzım)
- → Turkish: nâzım
→ Uyghur: نازىم (nazim)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (nāzim), from the active participle of Arabic نَظَمَ (naẓama, “to organize; to compose”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑː.zɪm/
Rhymes: -ɪm
Hyphenation: نا‧ظِم

Adjective

ناظِم • (nāzim) (Hindi spelling नाज़िम)

secretary, manager, organizer
(loosely) administrator

Synonym: (see also) منتظم (muntazim)
(rare) poet, composer

Descendants

→ English: nazim

References

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