منظر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن ظ ر (n-ẓ-r)

Verbal noun and noun of place from the verb نَظَرَ (naẓara, “to perceive with the eyes”).

Noun

مَنْظَر • (manẓar) m (plural مَنَاظِر (manāẓir))

1. verbal noun of نَظَرَ (naẓara) (form I)
2. sight
3. view, panorama

   هَذَا الْمَنْظَرُ جَمِيلٌ جِدًا فِي غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ.

   haḏā l-manẓaru jamīlun jidan fī ḡurūbi š-šamsi.

   This view is very beautiful at sunset.

4. looks, appearance, aspect
5. prospect, outlook, perspective
6. (photography) object
7. scene (of a play)
8. spectacle
9. stage setting, set, scenery
10. lookout, watchtower

Declension

Declension of noun مَنْظَر (manẓar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنْظَر manẓar	الْمَنْظَر al-manẓar	مَنْظَر manẓar
Nominative	مَنْظَرٌ manẓarun	الْمَنْظَرُ al-manẓaru	مَنْظَرُ manẓaru
Accusative	مَنْظَرًا manẓaran	الْمَنْظَرَ al-manẓara	مَنْظَرَ manẓara
Genitive	مَنْظَرٍ manẓarin	الْمَنْظَرِ al-manẓari	مَنْظَرِ manẓari
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنْظَرَيْن manẓarayn	الْمَنْظَرَيْن al-manẓarayn	مَنْظَرَيْ manẓaray
Nominative	مَنْظَرَانِ manẓarāni	الْمَنْظَرَانِ al-manẓarāni	مَنْظَرَا manẓarā
Accusative	مَنْظَرَيْنِ manẓarayni	الْمَنْظَرَيْنِ al-manẓarayni	مَنْظَرَيْ manẓaray
Genitive	مَنْظَرَيْنِ manẓarayni	الْمَنْظَرَيْنِ al-manẓarayni	مَنْظَرَيْ manẓaray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَاظِر manāẓir	الْمَنَاظِر al-manāẓir	مَنَاظِر manāẓir
Nominative	مَنَاظِرُ manāẓiru	الْمَنَاظِرُ al-manāẓiru	مَنَاظِرُ manāẓiru
Accusative	مَنَاظِرَ manāẓira	الْمَنَاظِرَ al-manāẓira	مَنَاظِرَ manāẓira
Genitive	مَنَاظِرَ manāẓira	الْمَنَاظِرِ al-manāẓiri	مَنَاظِرِ manāẓiri

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: منظر (manzar)

Etymology 2

Root
ن ظ ر (n-ẓ-r)

Tool noun from the verb نَظَرَ (naẓara, “to perceive with the eyes”).

Noun

مِنْظَر • (minẓar) m

1. pair of eyeglasses, spectacles
2. telescope

Declension

Declension of noun مِنْظَر (minẓar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِنْظَر minẓar	الْمِنْظَر al-minẓar	مِنْظَر minẓar
Nominative	مِنْظَرٌ minẓarun	الْمِنْظَرُ al-minẓaru	مِنْظَرُ minẓaru
Accusative	مِنْظَرًا minẓaran	الْمِنْظَرَ al-minẓara	مِنْظَرَ minẓara
Genitive	مِنْظَرٍ minẓarin	الْمِنْظَرِ al-minẓari	مِنْظَرِ minẓari

Related terms

• منظار
• ناظر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْظَر (manẓar)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [man.zaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [män.zäɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [män.zäɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [män.zäɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [män.zäɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæn.zæɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [män.zäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	manzar
Dari reading?	manzar
Iranian reading?	manzar
Tajik reading?	manzar

Dari	منظر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	манзар

Noun

منظر • (manzar) (plural مناظر (manâzer))

1. aspect, look, appearance
2. sight, view
3. perspective
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3766:

     هر هوا و ذره‌‌ای خود منظری است
     ناگشاده کی گود کانجا دری است

     har hawā u zarra-i xwad manzar-ē-st
     nā-gušāda kī guwad kānjā dar-ē-st

     Every air and mote is indeed a place for vision (of God),
     (but so long as it is) unopened, who says “Yonder is a door”?

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian منظر (manzar)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mən.zəɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Hyphenation: مَنْ‧ظَر

Noun

مَنْظَر • (manzar) m (formal plural مناظر, Hindi spelling मंज़र)

1. sight; view; scene
2. the horizon
3. the eye; pupil
4. (figuratively) exhibition (of some kind)

Declension

Declension of منظر
	singular	plural
direct	مَنْظَر (manz̤ar)	مَنْظَر (manz̤ar)
oblique	مَنْظَر (manz̤ar)	مَنْظَروں (manz̤arō̃)
vocative	مَنْظَر (manz̤ar)	مَنْظَرو (manz̤arō)

Further reading

• “منظر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “منظر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “منظر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.