نظام

Arabic

Root
ن ظ م (n ẓ m)
13 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni.ðˤaːm/

Noun

نِظَام • (niẓāmm (plural نُظُم (nuẓum) or أَنْظِمَة (ʔanẓima))

  1. system
    نَحْتَاج إِلَى تَحْسِين نِظَام الصِّحَّة فِي البِلَاد.
    naḥtāj ʔilā taḥsīn niẓām aṣ-ṣiḥḥa(t) fī l-bilād.
    We need to improve the healthcare system in the country.
  2. regularity
  3. order
  4. method
  5. rule
  6. (politics) regime: perhaps short for نِظَام الْحُكْم (niẓām al-ḥukm, system of rule)

Declension

Declension of noun نِظَام (niẓām)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal نِظَام
niẓām
النِّظَام
an-niẓām
نِظَام
niẓām
nominative نِظَامٌ
niẓāmun
النِّظَامُ
an-niẓāmu
نِظَامُ
niẓāmu
accusative نِظَامًا
niẓāman
النِّظَامَ
an-niẓāma
نِظَامَ
niẓāma
genitive نِظَامٍ
niẓāmin
النِّظَامِ
an-niẓāmi
نِظَامِ
niẓāmi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal نِظَامَيْن
niẓāmayn
النِّظَامَيْن
an-niẓāmayn
نِظَامَيْ
niẓāmay
nominative نِظَامَانِ
niẓāmāni
النِّظَامَانِ
an-niẓāmāni
نِظَامَا
niẓāmā
accusative نِظَامَيْنِ
niẓāmayni
النِّظَامَيْنِ
an-niẓāmayni
نِظَامَيْ
niẓāmay
genitive نِظَامَيْنِ
niẓāmayni
النِّظَامَيْنِ
an-niẓāmayni
نِظَامَيْ
niẓāmay
plural basic broken plural triptote‎;
broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal نُظُم‎; أَنْظِمَة
nuẓum‎; ʔanẓima
النُّظُم‎; الْأَنْظِمَة
an-nuẓum‎; al-ʔanẓima
نُظُم‎; أَنْظِمَة
nuẓum‎; ʔanẓimat
nominative نُظُمٌ‎; أَنْظِمَةٌ
nuẓumun‎; ʔanẓimatun
النُّظُمُ‎; الْأَنْظِمَةُ
an-nuẓumu‎; al-ʔanẓimatu
نُظُمُ‎; أَنْظِمَةُ
nuẓumu‎; ʔanẓimatu
accusative نُظُمًا‎; أَنْظِمَةً
nuẓuman‎; ʔanẓimatan
النُّظُمَ‎; الْأَنْظِمَةَ
an-nuẓuma‎; al-ʔanẓimata
نُظُمَ‎; أَنْظِمَةَ
nuẓuma‎; ʔanẓimata
genitive نُظُمٍ‎; أَنْظِمَةٍ
nuẓumin‎; ʔanẓimatin
النُّظُمِ‎; الْأَنْظِمَةِ
an-nuẓumi‎; al-ʔanẓimati
نُظُمِ‎; أَنْظِمَةِ
nuẓumi‎; ʔanẓimati

Hyponyms

  • نِظَام صَوْتِيّ (niẓām ṣawtiyy), نِظَام شَمْسِي (niẓām šamsī)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نظم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نِظَام (niẓām).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? nizām
Dari reading? nizām
Iranian reading? nezâm
Tajik reading? nizom

Noun

Dari نظام
Iranian Persian
Tajik низом

نظام • (nezâm)

  1. system
  2. order
  3. military
  • نظامی (nezâmi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نظام (nizām), from Arabic نِظَام (niẓām).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nɪ.zɑːm/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːm
  • Hyphenation: نِ‧ظام

Noun

نِظام • (nizāmm (Hindi spelling निज़ाम)

  1. system, order
  2. institution, foundation (network)

References

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