اعظم

See also: أعظم

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَعْظَم (ʔaʕẓam).

Adjective

اعظم • (azam) (feminine عظمی (uzmâ))

1. greatest

Related terms

• اعظمی (azami)

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “azam 1”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اعظم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 113a

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَعْظَم (ʔaʕẓam).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaʔ.ˈzam]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʔ.zǽm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʔ.zǽm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.zǽm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.zǽm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæʔ.zǽm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʔ.zǽm]

Readings
Classical reading?	a'zam
Dari reading?	a'zam
Iranian reading?	a'zam
Tajik reading?	aʾzam

Adjective

Dari	اعظم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	аъзам

اعظم • (a'zam)

1. greater, greatest

Proper noun

Dari	اعظم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Аъзам

اعظم • (a'zam)

1. a female given name, Azam

Related terms

• عَظیم ('azim)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اعظم”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَعْظَم (ʔaʕẓam).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.(ʔ)zəm/
• Rhymes: -əm

Adjective

اَعْظَم • (a'zam) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling आज़म)

1. greatest
2. supreme; paramount

Derived terms

• بَرِّ اَعْظَم (barr-i a'zam)
• صَحْرائے اَعْظَم (sahrā-e a'zam)
• وَزِیرِ اَعْظَم (vazīr-i a'zam)

 

References

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