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noun
The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
The Turkish regular army; a soldier in the Turkish army.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
From Urdu نظام (nizām) and its source, Persian نظام (nezâm), short for نظام الملک (nezâm el-malek, “a ruler of the realm”).
From Ottoman Turkish نظام (nızam), from Arabic نِظَام (niẓām, “order, arrangement”).
