# منتظر
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara, “to wait”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mun.ta.ðˤir/

#### Adjective

مُنْتَظِر • (muntaẓir) (feminine مُنْتَظِرَة (muntaẓira), masculine plural مُنْتَظِرُونَ (muntaẓirūna), feminine plural مُنْتَظِرَات (muntaẓirāt))
* active participle of اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara)

##### Descendants

* → Classical Persian: مُنْتَظِر (muntazir)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: मुंतज़िर (muntazir)
    Urdu: مُنتَظِر (muntazir)
** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮੁੰਤਜ਼ਰ (muntzar)
    Shahmukhi script: مُنتظر (muntz̤r)
** → Sindhi: منتظر
* → Ottoman Turkish: منتظر (muntazır)
** Turkish: muntazır
* → Uyghur: مۇنتەزىر (muntezir)
* → Uzbek: muntazir

### Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara, “to wait”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mun.ta.ðˤar/

#### Adjective

مُنْتَظَر • (muntaẓar) (feminine مُنْتَظَرَة (muntaẓara), masculine plural مُنْتَظَرُونَ (muntaẓarūna), feminine plural مُنْتَظَرَات (muntaẓarāt))
* passive participle of اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara)

##### Declension
### 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, 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: [mun.ta.ˈziɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊn̪.t̪ʰä.zɪ́ɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊn̪.t̪ʰä.zɪ́ɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mʊn̪.t̪ʰä.zɪ́ɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mun̪.t̪ʰä.zíɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mon̪.t̪ʰæ.zéɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mun̪.t̪ʰä.zíɾ]

### Adjective

مُنتَظِر • (montazer)
* 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 آستانbâmdâdân az barâ-ye emtehân / istâd u montazer bar âstânAt daybreak, in order to make trial, he stood waiting on the threshold.

### Noun

مُنتَظِر • (montazer) (plural مُنتَظِران (montazerân))
* 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, 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 (muntazir)
    Urdu: مُنتَظِر (muntazir)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮੁੰਤਜ਼ਰ (muntzar)
    Shahmukhi script: مُنتظر (muntz̤r)
* → Sindhi: منتظر