English Explanatory Dictionary

Nizamiyya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any one of educational institutions founded in the 11th century by Nizam al-Mulk, vizier of the Saljuq Empire

Word forms

Nizamiyya Nizamiyyas

Etymology

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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