nizam

nizam · noun¹

1. Persian · derived fromنظام
2. Urdu · derived fromنظام
3. English todaynizam

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

nizam · noun²

1. Arabic · derived fromنِظَام“order, arrangement”
2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromنظام
3. English todaynizam

From Ottoman Turkish نظام (nızam), from Arabic نِظَام (niẓām, “order, arrangement”).

First known use, by meaning

• from 18th c. The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.
• 19th c. The Turkish regular army; a soldier in the Turkish army.