منتظر

Arabic

Root
ن ظ ر (n ẓ r)
19 terms

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara, “to wait”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mun.ta.ðˤir/

Adjective

مُنْتَظِر • (muntaẓir) (feminine مُنْتَظِرَة (muntaẓira), masculine plural مُنْتَظِرُونَ (muntaẓirūna), feminine plural مُنْتَظِرَات (muntaẓirāt))

active participle of اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara)

Declension

Declension of adjective **مُنْتَظِر** (muntaẓir)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُنْتَظِر muntaẓir	الْمُنْتَظِر al-muntaẓir	مُنْتَظِرَة muntaẓira	الْمُنْتَظِرَة al-muntaẓira
nominative	مُنْتَظِرٌ muntaẓirun	الْمُنْتَظِرُ al-muntaẓiru	مُنْتَظِرَةٌ muntaẓiratun	الْمُنْتَظِرَةُ al-muntaẓiratu
accusative	مُنْتَظِرًا muntaẓiran	الْمُنْتَظِرَ al-muntaẓira	مُنْتَظِرَةً muntaẓiratan	الْمُنْتَظِرَةَ al-muntaẓirata
genitive	مُنْتَظِرٍ muntaẓirin	الْمُنْتَظِرِ al-muntaẓiri	مُنْتَظِرَةٍ muntaẓiratin	الْمُنْتَظِرَةِ al-muntaẓirati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُنْتَظِرَيْن muntaẓirayn	الْمُنْتَظِرَيْن al-muntaẓirayn	مُنْتَظِرَتَيْن muntaẓiratayn	الْمُنْتَظِرَتَيْن al-muntaẓiratayn
nominative	مُنْتَظِرَانِ muntaẓirāni	الْمُنْتَظِرَانِ al-muntaẓirāni	مُنْتَظِرَتَانِ muntaẓiratāni	الْمُنْتَظِرَتَانِ al-muntaẓiratāni
accusative	مُنْتَظِرَيْنِ muntaẓirayni	الْمُنْتَظِرَيْنِ al-muntaẓirayni	مُنْتَظِرَتَيْنِ muntaẓiratayni	الْمُنْتَظِرَتَيْنِ al-muntaẓiratayni
genitive	مُنْتَظِرَيْنِ muntaẓirayni	الْمُنْتَظِرَيْنِ al-muntaẓirayni	مُنْتَظِرَتَيْنِ muntaẓiratayni	الْمُنْتَظِرَتَيْنِ al-muntaẓiratayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُنْتَظِرِين muntaẓirīn	الْمُنْتَظِرِين al-muntaẓirīn	مُنْتَظِرَات muntaẓirāt	الْمُنْتَظِرَات al-muntaẓirāt
nominative	مُنْتَظِرُونَ muntaẓirūna	الْمُنْتَظِرُونَ al-muntaẓirūna	مُنْتَظِرَاتٌ muntaẓirātun	الْمُنْتَظِرَاتُ al-muntaẓirātu
accusative	مُنْتَظِرِينَ muntaẓirīna	الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ al-muntaẓirīna	مُنْتَظِرَاتٍ muntaẓirātin	الْمُنْتَظِرَاتِ al-muntaẓirāti
genitive	مُنْتَظِرِينَ muntaẓirīna	الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ al-muntaẓirīna	مُنْتَظِرَاتٍ muntaẓirātin	الْمُنْتَظِرَاتِ al-muntaẓirāti

Descendants

→ Classical Persian: مُنْتَظِر (muntazir)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: मुंतज़िर (muntazir)
  Urdu: مُنتَظِر (muntazir)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁੰਤਜ਼ਰ (muntzar)
  Shahmukhi script: مُنتظر (muntz̤r)
- → Sindhi: منتظر
→ Ottoman Turkish: منتظر (muntazır)
- Turkish: muntazır
→ Uyghur: مۇنتەزىر (muntezir)
→ Uzbek: muntazir

Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara, “to wait”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mun.ta.ðˤar/

Adjective

مُنْتَظَر • (muntaẓar) (feminine مُنْتَظَرَة (muntaẓara), masculine plural مُنْتَظَرُونَ (muntaẓarūna), feminine plural مُنْتَظَرَات (muntaẓarāt))

passive participle of اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara)

Declension

Declension of adjective **مُنْتَظَر** (muntaẓar)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُنْتَظَر muntaẓar	الْمُنْتَظَر al-muntaẓar	مُنْتَظَرَة muntaẓara	الْمُنْتَظَرَة al-muntaẓara
nominative	مُنْتَظَرٌ muntaẓarun	الْمُنْتَظَرُ al-muntaẓaru	مُنْتَظَرَةٌ muntaẓaratun	الْمُنْتَظَرَةُ al-muntaẓaratu
accusative	مُنْتَظَرًا muntaẓaran	الْمُنْتَظَرَ al-muntaẓara	مُنْتَظَرَةً muntaẓaratan	الْمُنْتَظَرَةَ al-muntaẓarata
genitive	مُنْتَظَرٍ muntaẓarin	الْمُنْتَظَرِ al-muntaẓari	مُنْتَظَرَةٍ muntaẓaratin	الْمُنْتَظَرَةِ al-muntaẓarati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُنْتَظَرَيْن muntaẓarayn	الْمُنْتَظَرَيْن al-muntaẓarayn	مُنْتَظَرَتَيْن muntaẓaratayn	الْمُنْتَظَرَتَيْن al-muntaẓaratayn
nominative	مُنْتَظَرَانِ muntaẓarāni	الْمُنْتَظَرَانِ al-muntaẓarāni	مُنْتَظَرَتَانِ muntaẓaratāni	الْمُنْتَظَرَتَانِ al-muntaẓaratāni
accusative	مُنْتَظَرَيْنِ muntaẓarayni	الْمُنْتَظَرَيْنِ al-muntaẓarayni	مُنْتَظَرَتَيْنِ muntaẓaratayni	الْمُنْتَظَرَتَيْنِ al-muntaẓaratayni
genitive	مُنْتَظَرَيْنِ muntaẓarayni	الْمُنْتَظَرَيْنِ al-muntaẓarayni	مُنْتَظَرَتَيْنِ muntaẓaratayni	الْمُنْتَظَرَتَيْنِ al-muntaẓaratayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُنْتَظَرِين muntaẓarīn	الْمُنْتَظَرِين al-muntaẓarīn	مُنْتَظَرَات muntaẓarāt	الْمُنْتَظَرَات al-muntaẓarāt
nominative	مُنْتَظَرُونَ muntaẓarūna	الْمُنْتَظَرُونَ al-muntaẓarūna	مُنْتَظَرَاتٌ muntaẓarātun	الْمُنْتَظَرَاتُ al-muntaẓarātu
accusative	مُنْتَظَرِينَ muntaẓarīna	الْمُنْتَظَرِينَ al-muntaẓarīna	مُنْتَظَرَاتٍ muntaẓarātin	الْمُنْتَظَرَاتِ al-muntaẓarāti
genitive	مُنْتَظَرِينَ muntaẓarīna	الْمُنْتَظَرِينَ al-muntaẓarīna	مُنْتَظَرَاتٍ muntaẓarātin	الْمُنْتَظَرَاتِ al-muntaẓarāti

References

Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “منتظر”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “منتظر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
Wehr, Hans (1960) “منتظر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُنْتَظِر (muntaẓir).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mun.ta.ˈziɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊn̪.t̪ʰä.zɪ́ɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊn̪.t̪ʰä.zɪ́ɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mun̪.t̪ʰä.zíɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mon̪.t̪ʰæ.zéɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mun̪.t̪ʰä.zíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	muntazir
Dari reading^?	muntazir
Iranian reading^?	montazer
Tajik reading^?	muntazir

Adjective


Iranian Persian	منتظر
Dari	منتظر
Tajik	мунтазир

مُنتَظِر • (montazer)

waiting (for), expecting
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 3305:
  بامدادان از برای امتحان / ایستاد او منتظر بر آستان
  bāmdādān az barā-yi imtihān / ēstād ō muntazir bar āstān
  At daybreak, in order to make trial, he stood waiting on the threshold.

Noun

مُنتَظِر • (montazer) (plural مُنتَظِران (montazerân))

person who is waiting
(more literary)
montazer-e to hastam.
I am waiting for you.
(literally, “I am your awaiter.”)

(more colloquial)
montazer-et-am.
I'm waiting for you.
(literally, “I'm your awaiter.”)
- 2021 May 7, “بیگ داگ؛ سخت‌ترین و عجیب‌ترین مسابقه‌ای که تصور می‌کنید”, in bbc.com/persian‎^[1], BBC Persian:
  شما منتظر پایان نیستید؛ منتظر شروع مسابقه هستید.
  šomâ montazer-e pâyân nistid; montazer-e šoru'-e mosâbeqe hastid.
  You're not waiting for the end; you're waiting for the beginning of the match.

Usage notes

As seen in the example and quotation above, the English verb "to wait for; to await" is frequently conveyed in Persian by a possessed form of (montazer) along with the copula (budan, “to be”), literally "to be someone/something's awaiter", "to be one who awaits for someone/something".

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: मुंतज़िर (muntazir)

Urdu: مُنتَظِر (muntazir)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਮੁੰਤਜ਼ਰ (muntzar)

Shahmukhi script: مُنتظر (muntz̤r)
→ Sindhi: منتظر