Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nizam

/nɪˈzɑːm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables: nizam
IPA: /nɪˈzɑːm/

16

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.

noun

The Turkish regular army; a soldier in the Turkish army.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Persian

Word Breakdown

Root: نظام, ن ظ م, نِظَام

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /nɪˈzɑːm/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

nizams (plural) nizamut (plural)

Derived Forms

nizamate

Questions

How do you pronounce nizam?: The recorded pronunciation is /nɪˈzɑːm/.
What does nizam mean?: The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.
Where does nizam come from?: It is traced to Persian.

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