ناظم

Arabic

Root
ن ظ م (n ẓ m)
13 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of نَظَمَ (naẓama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naː.ðˤim/

Adjective

نَاظِم • (nāẓim) (feminine نَاظِمَة (nāẓima), masculine plural نَاظِمُونَ (nāẓimūna), feminine plural نَاظِمَات (nāẓimāt))

1. active participle of نَظَمَ (naẓama)
2. manager, organizer
3. (poetry) composer (of poetry)

Declension

Declension of adjective نَاظِم (nāẓim)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَاظِم nāẓim	النَّاظِم an-nāẓim	نَاظِمَة nāẓima	النَّاظِمَة an-nāẓima
Nominative	نَاظِمٌ nāẓimun	النَّاظِمُ an-nāẓimu	نَاظِمَةٌ nāẓimatun	النَّاظِمَةُ an-nāẓimatu
Accusative	نَاظِمًا nāẓiman	النَّاظِمَ an-nāẓima	نَاظِمَةً nāẓimatan	النَّاظِمَةَ an-nāẓimata
Genitive	نَاظِمٍ nāẓimin	النَّاظِمِ an-nāẓimi	نَاظِمَةٍ nāẓimatin	النَّاظِمَةِ an-nāẓimati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَاظِمَيْن nāẓimayn	النَّاظِمَيْن an-nāẓimayn	نَاظِمَتَيْن nāẓimatayn	النَّاظِمَتَيْن an-nāẓimatayn
Nominative	نَاظِمَانِ nāẓimāni	النَّاظِمَانِ an-nāẓimāni	نَاظِمَتَانِ nāẓimatāni	النَّاظِمَتَانِ an-nāẓimatāni
Accusative	نَاظِمَيْنِ nāẓimayni	النَّاظِمَيْنِ an-nāẓimayni	نَاظِمَتَيْنِ nāẓimatayni	النَّاظِمَتَيْنِ an-nāẓimatayni
Genitive	نَاظِمَيْنِ nāẓimayni	النَّاظِمَيْنِ an-nāẓimayni	نَاظِمَتَيْنِ nāẓimatayni	النَّاظِمَتَيْنِ an-nāẓimatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	نَاظِمِين nāẓimīn	النَّاظِمِين an-nāẓimīn	نَاظِمَات nāẓimāt	النَّاظِمَات an-nāẓimāt
Nominative	نَاظِمُونَ nāẓimūna	النَّاظِمُونَ an-nāẓimūna	نَاظِمَاتٌ nāẓimātun	النَّاظِمَاتُ an-nāẓimātu
Accusative	نَاظِمِينَ nāẓimīna	النَّاظِمِينَ an-nāẓimīna	نَاظِمَاتٍ nāẓimātin	النَّاظِمَاتِ an-nāẓimāti
Genitive	نَاظِمِينَ nāẓimīna	النَّاظِمِينَ an-nāẓimīna	نَاظِمَاتٍ nāẓimātin	النَّاظِمَاتِ an-nāẓimāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: nazim
• → Persian: ناظم (nâzim)
  • → Urdu: ناظم (nāzim)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ناظم (nâzım)
  • → Turkish: nâzım
• → Uyghur: نازىم (nazim)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ناظم (nāzim), from the active participle of Arabic نَظَمَ (naẓama, “to organize; to compose”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑː.zɪm/
• Rhymes: -ɪm
• Hyphenation: نا‧ظِم

Adjective

ناظِم • (nāzim) (Hindi spelling नाज़िम)

1. secretary, manager, organizer

   (loosely) administrator

   Synonym: (see also) منتظم (muntazim)

2. (rare) poet, composer

References

• “ناظم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ناظم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.