Nizam
noun
the title of the ruler of Hyderabad from the beginning of the 18th century to 1950.
Nizam
American
[ni-zahm, -zam, nahy-]
/ nɪˈzɑm, -ˈzæm, naɪ- /
noun
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the title of the ruler of Hyderabad from the beginning of the 18th century to 1950.
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(lowercase) the Turkish regular army or any member of it.
Nizam
1
British
/ nɪˈzɑːm /
noun
nizam
2
British
/ naɪˈzæm /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Nizam
1595–1605; Nizam ( def. 1 ) < Urdu Nizām-al-mulk governor of the realm; Nizam ( def. 2 ) < Turkish nizamiye regular army; both < Arabic niẓām order, arrangement
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"They should get a search warrant for the farm, and allow Nizam to come for 24 to 36 hours. He doesn't want to stay in England; he's just coming to help us."
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2023
The search has moved south to where the two divers were found, Mersing maritime chief Khairul Nizam Misran said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
As Nizam Ali told me in 2009, the decision for years to stand pat with only its U Street diner was often framed as a family issue:
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2015
“Man, I’m so stressed,” says Nizam, a young computer scientist who left Syria after his father died in a bombing last year.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2015
The college of the Nizam put a strong team against us, and for the first time in the tour the Bannu boys were distinctly outmatched.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by T. L. (Theodore Leighton) Pennell
The nizam juggled between his obligations to the colonial raj and to India’s rising pro-independence leaders Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Mr. Jah was crowned the nizam of Hyderabad.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
The families on the beach, the man sitting at a table next to him, the waiters — nobody knew that he was Hyderabad’s last nizam.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
It quickly became clear to Mr. Khan’s inner circle that Mr. Khan intended his illustriously pedigreed grandson, not his eldest son, to be the next nizam.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
The most prominent figure among them was a tall Arab, in the nizam of Mehemet Ali, terminated with a Maltese straw hat.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various
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