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noun
Any one of educational institutions founded in the 11th century by Nizam al-Mulk, vizier of the Saljuq Empire
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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History
Borrowed from Arabic نِظَامِيَّة (niẓāmiyya), from نِظَام [الْمُلْك] (“Nizam [al-Mulk]”) + ـِيَّة (-iyya). Ellipsis of مَدْرَسَة نِظَامِيَّة (madrasa niẓāmiyya, literally “Nizamian school”).
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