انتظار

Arabic
Root
ن ظ ر (n-ẓ-r)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara).

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

From Arabic اِنْتِظَار (intiẓār).

Pronunciation
  • (Dari) IPA(key): [ʔɪntəˈzɒːɾ]
  • (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): [ʔenteˈzɒːɾ]
  • Rhymes: -âr

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

Urdu

Etymology

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

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

Noun

اِنْتِظار • (intiz̤ār) m (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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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