Nizam


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Nizam /nɪˈzɑːm/
noun historical
  • 1 the title of the hereditary ruler of Hyderabad.
  • 2 (the nizam) the Turkish regular army.
– origin Sense 1 from Urdu nizām-al-mulk ‘administrator of the realm’, sense 2 from Turk. nizām askeri ‘regular soldier’; based on Arab. niẓām ‘order, arrangement’.
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