انتظام

Arabic

Root
ن ظ م (n ẓ m)
11 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْتَظَمَ (intaẓama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.ti.ðˤaːm/
• Rhymes: -aːm

Noun

اِنْتِظَام • (intiẓām)

1. verbal noun of اِنْتَظَمَ (intaẓama) (form VIII)
2. organization
3. being arranged in a line or series
4. being in good order and regularity
5. disciple (of troops)

Declension

Declension of noun اِنْتِظَام (intiẓām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِنْتِظَام intiẓām	الِانْتِظَام al-intiẓām	اِنْتِظَام intiẓām
Nominative	اِنْتِظَامٌ intiẓāmun	الِانْتِظَامُ al-intiẓāmu	اِنْتِظَامُ intiẓāmu
Accusative	اِنْتِظَامًا intiẓāman	الِانْتِظَامَ al-intiẓāma	اِنْتِظَامَ intiẓāma
Genitive	اِنْتِظَامٍ intiẓāmin	الِانْتِظَامِ al-intiẓāmi	اِنْتِظَامِ intiẓāmi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: intizam
• → Classical Persian: اِنْتِظَام (intizām)
  • → Bengali: এন্তেজাম (entezam)
  • → Garhwali: इंतजाम (intajām)
  • → Gojri: اِنْتَظام (intazām)
  • → Gujarati: ઈંતજામ (ī̃tajām)
  • → Haryanvi: इंतजाम (intajām)
  • → Middle Hindi: انتظام (antz̤am /⁠intizām⁠/)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: इंतज़ाम (intazām)

      Urdu: اِنْتِظام (intizām)

  • → Kumaoni: इंतजाम
  • → Magahi:

    Devanagari script: इंतजाम (intᵊjām)

    Kaithi script: 𑂅𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂰𑂧 (iñjām), 𑂅𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂔𑂰𑂧 (intajām)

  • → Maithili: intajām

    Devanagari script: इन्तजाम

    Tirhuta script: 𑒃𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒖𑒰𑒧

  • → Pashto: انتظام
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਇੰਤਜ਼ਾਮ (intazām)

    Shahmukhi script: اِنْتَظام (īntaz̤ām)

  • → Sindhi: intizāmu

    Arabic script: اِنْتِظامُ

    Devanagari script: इंतिज़ामु

    Khudabadi script: 𑊲𑋟𑋍𑋡𑋂𑋩𑋠𑋗𑋣

  • → Uyghur: ئىنتىزام (intizam)
  • → Uzbek: intizom
• → Ottoman Turkish: انتظام (intizâm)

  > Turkish: intizam (inherited)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْتِظَام (intizām), from Arabic اِنْتِظَام (intiẓām, “order, regularity”). First attested in c. 1678 as Middle Hindi انتظام (antz̤am /⁠intizām⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn.t̪ɪ.zɑːm/, [ɪn.t̪e.zɑːm]

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːm
• Hyphenation: اِنْ‧تِ‧ظام

Noun

اِنْتِظام • (intizām) m (formal plural اِنْتِظامات (intizāmāt), Hindi spelling इंतज़ाम)

1. preparation, arrangement
2. method, system

Derived terms

• اِنْتِظامِی (intizāmī)

Further reading

More information

• “انتظام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “انتظام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “انتظام”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 76
• Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “intizām, intazām”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 347.