معظم

Arabic

Root
ع ظ م (ʕ ẓ m)
9 terms

Etymology 1

Derived from the passive participle of the verb عَظَّمَ (ʕaẓẓama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ʕaðˤ.ðˤam/

Adjective

مُعَظَّم • (muʕaẓẓam) (feminine مُعَظَّمَة (muʕaẓẓama), masculine plural مُعَظَّمُونَ (muʕaẓẓamūna), feminine plural مُعَظَّمَات (muʕaẓẓamāt))

1. passive participle of عَظَّمَ (ʕaẓẓama)
2. exalted, glorified, venerated

   أَتَيْتُ القُبُورَ فَنَادَيْتُهَا
   أَيْنَ المُعَظَّمُ وَأَيْنَ المُحْتَقِرُ

   ʔataytu l-qubūra fanādaytuhā
   ʔayna al-muʕaẓẓamu wa-ʔayna l-muḥtaqiru

   I approached the graves and called out to it, ‘Where is the exalted one and where is the debased?

Declension

Declension of adjective مُعَظَّم (muʕaẓẓam)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُعَظَّم muʕaẓẓam	الْمُعَظَّم al-muʕaẓẓam	مُعَظَّمَة muʕaẓẓama	الْمُعَظَّمَة al-muʕaẓẓama
Nominative	مُعَظَّمٌ muʕaẓẓamun	الْمُعَظَّمُ al-muʕaẓẓamu	مُعَظَّمَةٌ muʕaẓẓamatun	الْمُعَظَّمَةُ al-muʕaẓẓamatu
Accusative	مُعَظَّمًا muʕaẓẓaman	الْمُعَظَّمَ al-muʕaẓẓama	مُعَظَّمَةً muʕaẓẓamatan	الْمُعَظَّمَةَ al-muʕaẓẓamata
Genitive	مُعَظَّمٍ muʕaẓẓamin	الْمُعَظَّمِ al-muʕaẓẓami	مُعَظَّمَةٍ muʕaẓẓamatin	الْمُعَظَّمَةِ al-muʕaẓẓamati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُعَظَّمَيْن muʕaẓẓamayn	الْمُعَظَّمَيْن al-muʕaẓẓamayn	مُعَظَّمَتَيْن muʕaẓẓamatayn	الْمُعَظَّمَتَيْن al-muʕaẓẓamatayn
Nominative	مُعَظَّمَانِ muʕaẓẓamāni	الْمُعَظَّمَانِ al-muʕaẓẓamāni	مُعَظَّمَتَانِ muʕaẓẓamatāni	الْمُعَظَّمَتَانِ al-muʕaẓẓamatāni
Accusative	مُعَظَّمَيْنِ muʕaẓẓamayni	الْمُعَظَّمَيْنِ al-muʕaẓẓamayni	مُعَظَّمَتَيْنِ muʕaẓẓamatayni	الْمُعَظَّمَتَيْنِ al-muʕaẓẓamatayni
Genitive	مُعَظَّمَيْنِ muʕaẓẓamayni	الْمُعَظَّمَيْنِ al-muʕaẓẓamayni	مُعَظَّمَتَيْنِ muʕaẓẓamatayni	الْمُعَظَّمَتَيْنِ al-muʕaẓẓamatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُعَظَّمِين muʕaẓẓamīn	الْمُعَظَّمِين al-muʕaẓẓamīn	مُعَظَّمَات muʕaẓẓamāt	الْمُعَظَّمَات al-muʕaẓẓamāt
Nominative	مُعَظَّمُونَ muʕaẓẓamūna	الْمُعَظَّمُونَ al-muʕaẓẓamūna	مُعَظَّمَاتٌ muʕaẓẓamātun	الْمُعَظَّمَاتُ al-muʕaẓẓamātu
Accusative	مُعَظَّمِينَ muʕaẓẓamīna	الْمُعَظَّمِينَ al-muʕaẓẓamīna	مُعَظَّمَاتٍ muʕaẓẓamātin	الْمُعَظَّمَاتِ al-muʕaẓẓamāti
Genitive	مُعَظَّمِينَ muʕaẓẓamīna	الْمُعَظَّمِينَ al-muʕaẓẓamīna	مُعَظَّمَاتٍ muʕaẓẓamātin	الْمُعَظَّمَاتِ al-muʕaẓẓamāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: müəzzəm
• → Chagatai: مُعَظَّم
  • Uyghur: مۇئەززەم (mu'ezzem)
  • Uzbek: muazzam
• → Ottoman Turkish: معظم (muazzam)
  • Turkish: muazzam
  • → Serbo-Croatian: mujàzit / муја̀зит
• → Persian: معظم (mo'azzam)
• → Urdu: معظم (muazzam)

Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle from the verb أَعْظَم (ʔaʕẓam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muʕ.ðˤam/

Noun

مُعْظَم • (muʕẓam) m

1. most, the majority of

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: معظم (muzam)
• → Persian: معظم (mo'zam)
  • → Urdu: معظم (muzam)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَظَّم (muʕaẓẓam).

Adjective

معظم • (muazzam)

1. made great

Descendants

• Turkish: muazzam
• → Serbo-Croatian: mujàzit / муја̀зит

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معظم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1911

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْظَم (muʕẓam).

Noun

معظم • (muzam)

1. the main part

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معظم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1911

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَظَّم (muʕaẓẓam).

Adjective

Dari	معظم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	муаззам

معظم • (mo'azzam)

1. exalted

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْظَم (muʕẓam).

Noun

Dari	معظم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	муъзам

معظم • (mo'zam)

1. the greater part

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “معظم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَظَّم (muʕaẓẓam).

Adjective

معظم • (muazzam)

1. magnified; great; honoured, respected, revered

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْظَم (muʕẓam).

Noun

معظم • (muzam) m

1. the superior, the greater, the principal, chief; the greater part; the better sort; the gross, or mass, or bulk (of)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “معظم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “معظم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “معظم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.