انتظار

Arabic

Root
ن ظ ر (n ẓ r)
19 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /in.ti.ðˤaːr/

Noun

اِنْتِظَار • (intiẓār) m

verbal noun of اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara) (form VIII)
waiting

Declension

Declension of noun **اِنْتِظَار** (intiẓār)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	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

Gulf Arabic: انتظار (intiḏ̣ār)
→ Azerbaijani: intizar
→ Bengali: এন্তেজার (entezar)
Hindustani:
→ Hindi: इंतज़ार (intazār)

→ Urdu: انتظار (intizār)
→ Ottoman Turkish: انتظار (intizar)
- Turkish: intizar
→ Persian: انتظار (entezâr)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِظَار (intiẓār).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔin.ti.ˈzaːɾ/

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔen̪.t̪ʰe.zɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔin̪.t̪ʰi.zɔ́ɾ]

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

Rhymes: -ɑːr

Noun


Iranian Persian	انتظار
Dari	انتظار
Tajik	интизор

اِنتِظار • (entezâr) (plural اِنتِظارات (entezârât))

wait, waiting
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3294:
  قلب پهلو می‌زند با زر به شب / انتظار روز می‌دارد ذهب
  qalb pahlu mi-zanad bâ zar be šab / entezâr-e ruz mi-dârad zahab
  At night the false coin jostles [in rivalry] with the gold: the gold is waiting for day.
expectation
Synonym: توقع (tavaqqo')
anticipation, expectancy, hope

Derived terms

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

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

اِنْتِظار • (intiz̤ār) m (indeclinable, Hindi spelling अिंतिज़ार)

wait, waiting
expectation; expectancy

Related terms

مُنْتَظِر (muntaz̤ir, “expectant”)

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, 2025.