انتظار

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Arabic

Root
ن ظ ر (n ẓ r)
15 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara).

Pronunciation

Noun

اِنْتِظَار (intiẓārm

  1. verbal noun of اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara) (form VIII)
  2. waiting

Declension

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِظَار (intiẓār).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? intizār
Dari reading? intizār
Iranian reading? entezâr
Tajik reading? intizor

Noun

Dari انتظار
Iranian Persian
Tajik интизор

اِنتِظار (entezâr) (plural اِنتِظارات (entezârât))

  1. wait, waiting
  2. expectation
    Synonym: توقع (tavaqqo')
  3. anticipation, expectancy, hope

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian انتظار (intizār), from Arabic اِنْتِظَار (intiẓār).

Pronunciation

Noun

اِنْتِظار (intiz̤ārm (indeclinable, Hindi spelling अिंतिज़ार)

  1. wait, waiting
  2. expectation; expectancy

References

  • انتظار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • انتظار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.