Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic مَنْظُور (manẓūr).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? manzūr
Dari reading? manzūr
Iranian reading? manzur
Tajik reading? manzur

Noun edit

منظور (manzur)

  1. aim, intention, objective
    Synonyms: قصد (qasd), مقصد (maqsad)
    منظورت چیست؟
    manzurat čist?
    What do you mean?
    (literally, “What is your intention?”)

Adjective edit

منظور (manzur)

  1. taken into consideration; taken into account

Descendants edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian منظور (manzūr), from Arabic مَنْظُور (manẓūr).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

مَنْظُور (manzūr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मंज़ूर)

  1. approved, granted, sanctioned
  2. seen, sighted (related to نَظَر (nazar))
  3. (formal) intended, desired
  4. (literally) considered

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

مَنْظُور (manzūrm (Hindi spelling मंज़ूर)

  1. lens (of binoculars or telescopes etc.)

Declension edit

Declension of منظور
singular plural
direct مَنْظُور (manzūr) مَنْظُور (manzūr)
oblique مَنْظُور (manzūr) مَنْظُوروں (manzūrō̃)
vocative مَنْظُور (manzūr) مَنْظُورو (manzūrō)

Further reading edit

  • منظور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • منظور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “منظور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “منظور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.