انتظار

Arabic

Root
ن ظ ر (n ẓ r)
19 terms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /in.ti.ðˤaːr/

    Noun

    اِنْتِظَار • (intiẓār) m

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

    Declension

    Declension of noun اِنْتِظَار (intiẓār)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal اِنْتِظَار
    intiẓār     		الِانْتِظَار
    al-intiẓār     		اِنْتِظَار
    intiẓār
    nominative اِنْتِظَارٌ
    intiẓārun     		الِانْتِظَارُ
    al-intiẓāru     		اِنْتِظَارُ
    intiẓāru
    accusative اِنْتِظَارًا
    intiẓāran     		الِانْتِظَارَ
    al-intiẓāra     		اِنْتِظَارَ
    intiẓāra
    genitive اِنْتِظَارٍ
    intiẓārin     		الِانْتِظَارِ
    al-intiẓāri     		اِنْتِظَارِ
    intiẓāri

    Descendants

    Persian

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara)
    Arabic اِنْتِظَار (intiẓār)bor.
    Persian انتظار

      Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِظَار (intiẓār), from اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara).

      Pronunciation

       
      • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰɪ.zɑ́ːɾ]
        • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰɪ.zɑ́ːɾ]
        • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔin̪.t̪ʰi.zɔ́ːɾ]

      Readings
      Classical reading? intizār
      Dari reading? intizār
      Iranian reading? entezâr
      Tajik reading? intizor
      • Rhymes: -ɑːr

      Noun

      Dari انتظار
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik интизор

      انتظار • (intizār / entezâr) (plural اِنْتِظَارَات, Tajik spelling интизор)

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

      Derived terms

      • انتظار داشتن (entezâr dâštan, “to expect”)
      • انتظار کشیدن (entezâr kešidan, “to wait; to anticipate”)

      Sindhi

      Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Arabic اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara)
      Arabic اِنْتِظَار (intiẓār)bor.
      Classical Persian اِنْتِظَار (intizār)bor.
      Sindhi انتظار

        Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْتِظَار (intizār), borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِظَار (intiẓār), from اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara).

        Noun

        اِنْتِظارُ • (intiz̤āru) m (Devanagari इंतिज़ारु, Khudawadi 𑊲𑋟𑋍𑋡𑋂𑋩𑋠𑋙𑋣)

        1. waiting

        Further reading

        Urdu

        Etymology

        Etymology tree
        Arabic اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara)
        Arabic اِنْتِظَار (intiẓār)bor.
        Classical Persian اِنْتِظَار (intizār)bor.
        Urdu انتظار

          Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْتِظَار (intizār), borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِظَار (intiẓār), from اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara).

          Pronunciation

          • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪn.t̪ɪ.zɑːɾ/
          • Audio (Pakistan):(file)
          • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɪn.t̪ə.zɑːɾ/, /ɪn.t̪e.zɑːɾ/
          • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

          Noun

          اِنْتِظار • (intizār) m (indeclinable, Hindi spelling इंतिज़ार)

          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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
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