# नियम
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नियम (niyama).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /nɪ.jəm/, [ni.jɐ̃m]

### Noun

नियम • (niyam) m (Urdu spelling نیم)
* rule, law, principle, observance
    यह नियम नहीं लगता है। ― yah niyam nahī̃ lagtā hai. ― This rule does not apply.

#### Synonyms

* क़ायदा (qāydā)
* उसूल (usūl)

#### Derived terms

* अधिनियम (adhiniyam, “act”)
* अधिनियमन (adhiniyaman, “enactment”)
* अधिनियमित (adhiniyamit, “enacted”)
* अधिनियमित करना (adhiniyamit karnā, “to enact”)
* अनियमित (aniyamit, “unbound, unconstrained”)
* नियम-पत्र (niyam-patra, “written agreement”)
* नियमन (niyaman, “regulation”)
* नियमपूर्वक (niyampūrvak, “according to rule”)
* नियमबद्ध (niyambaddh, “orderly, bound”)
* नियमानुकूल (niymānukūl, “orderly, bound”)
* नियमानुसार (niymānusār, “systematically”)
* नियमावली (niymāvlī, “body of rules, manual”)
* नियमित (niyamit, “bound, constrained”)
* नियमित करना (niyamit karnā, “to regularize”)
* नियमितीकरण (niyamitīkaraṇ, “regularization”)
* नियमी (niyamī, “regular, punctual”)
* विनियम (viniyam, “a regulation”)
* विनियमन (viniyaman, “regulation”)
* विनियमित (viniyamit, “regulated”)

#### Related terms

* नियत (niyat)

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “नियम”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “नियम”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
* “नियम”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नियम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नियम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “नियम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नियम (niyama).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ni.jəm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

नियम • (niyam) m
* rule, law
    Synonym: कायदा (kāydā)

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “नियम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नियम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “नियम”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* নিয়ম (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬶᬬᬫ (Balinese script)
* নিয়ম (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰰𑰧𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀺𑀬𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* နိယမ (Burmese script)
* નિયમ (Gujarati script)
* ਨਿਯਮ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑌿𑌯𑌮 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦶꦪꦩ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂱𑂨𑂧 (Kaithi script)
* ನಿಯಮ (Kannada script)
* និយម (Khmer script)
* ນິຍມ (Lao script)
* നിയമ (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘱𑘧𑘦 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑧒𑧇𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐶𑐫𑐩 (Newa script)
* ନିଯମ (Odia script)
* ꢥꢶꢫꢪ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆴𑆪𑆩 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖰𑖧𑖦 (Siddham script)
* නියම (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑩑𑩻𑩴 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚮𑚣𑚢 (Takri script)
* நியம (Tamil script)
* నియమ (Telugu script)
* นิยม (Thai script)
* ནི་ཡ་མ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒱𑒨𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨁𑨪𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

नि- (ni-) +‎ यम् (yam).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ni.jɐ.mɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈn̪i.jɐ.mɐ/

### Noun

नियम • (niyamá) stem, m
* restraining, checking, holding back, preventing, controlling
* law, rule

#### Descendants

* Pali: niyama
* → Hindi: नियम (niyam)
* → Marathi: नियम (niyam)
* → Bengali: নিয়ম (niẏom)
* Punjabi: ਨਿਆਂ (niā̃, “justice”), ਨੇਮ (nem, “rule”), → ਨਿਯਮ (niyam) (learned)