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

• 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

Etymology tree

Arabic اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara)

Arabic اِنْتِظَار (intiẓār)bor.

Persian انتظار

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

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰɪ.zɑ́ːɾ]

• (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

Dari	انتظار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	интизор

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

1. 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.

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

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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

• Sindhi Language Authority (2025), “انتظار”, in Online Sindhi Dictionaries‎^[1]

Urdu

Etymology

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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):

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• (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

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, 2026.