نِظَامٌ ذ [A standard of a thing, by which to regulate or adjust it. See voce عِياَرٌ.] ― -b2- (tropical:) The cause, or means, of the subsistence, of anything; or its foundation, or support; syn. مِلَاكٌ: (M, K: *) a tropical meaning. (TA) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) A way, course, mode, or manner, of acting or conduct or the like: custom, or habit. (M, K.) ― -b4- لَيْسَ لِأَمْرِهِ نِظاَمٌ (assumed tropical:) His affair has not a right tendency. (T.) And لَيْسَ لِأَمْرِهِمْ نِظَامٌ (assumed tropical:) Their affair has not a right way, or method, of procedure, nor connexion, or coherence, (مُتَعَلَّق,) (M, TA,) nor right tendency. (TA.) And مَا زَالَ عَلَى نِظَامٍ وَاحِدٍ (assumed tropical:) He ceased not to follow one custom, or manner of conduct. (M, TA.) And أَحَادِيثُ لاَ نِظَامَ لَهَا (assumed tropical:) [Stories having no foundation, or no right tendency or tenour]. (M and K in art. سطر.)
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