منتظر

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mun.ta.ðˤar/

Adjective

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

1. 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
	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

Adjective

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

1. 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
	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

Descendants

• → Classical Persian: مُنْتَظِر (muntazir)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: मुंतज़िर (muntzir)

    Urdu: مُنتَظِر (muntazir)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮੁੰਤਜ਼ਰ (muntzar)

    Shahmukhi script: مُنتظر (muntz̤r)

  • → Sindhi: منتظر
• → Ottoman Turkish: منتظر (muntazır)
  • Turkish: muntazır

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) “منتظر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], 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]

• (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

Dari	منتظر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мунтазир

مُنتَظِر • (montazer)

1. 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

     bâmdâdân az barâ-ye emtehân / istâd u montazer bar âstân

     At daybreak, in order to make trial, he stood waiting on the threshold.

Noun

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

1. person who is waiting

   منتظر تو هستم. (more literary)

   montazer-e to hastam.

   I am waiting for you.

   (literally, “I am your awaiter.”)

   منتظرتم (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^[2], 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 مُنتَظِر (montazer) along with the copula بودَن (budan, “to be”), literally "to be someone/something's awaiter", "to be one who awaits for someone/something".

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मुंतज़िर (muntzir)

  Urdu: مُنتَظِر (muntazir)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁੰਤਜ਼ਰ (muntzar)

  Shahmukhi script: مُنتظر (muntz̤r)

• → Sindhi: منتظر