Where does “nizam” come from?

nizam (English) comes from Urdu نظام, from Persian نظام, from Arabic نِظَام — order, arrangement.

nizam (English): The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former...

Definitions

  1. The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former...

Ancestry of “nizam”, step by step

nizam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Urdu نظام

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduنظامsystem; order; composition
2Persianنظامsystem; order; military
3Arabicنِظَامorder, arrangement

via Ottoman Turkish نظام

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishنظام—

Words derived from “nizam”

Every word from Arabic نِظَام →Every word from Persian نظام →Every word from Urdu نظام →
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