معظم

Arabic

Root
ع ظ م (ʕ-ẓ-m)

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 و أَيْنَ المُحْتَقِرُ
    ʔataytu l-qubūra fanādaytuhā * ʔayna al-muʕaẓẓamu w ʔayna l-muḥtaqiru
    I approached the graves and called out to it,‘Where is the exalted one and where is the debased?
Declension
Descendants

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَظَّم (muʕaẓẓam).

Adjective

معظم • (muazzam)

  1. made great
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْظَم (muʕẓam).

Noun

معظم • (muzam)

  1. the main part

Further reading

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

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, 2024.
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