# نظر
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /na.ðˤa.ra/

#### Verb

نَظَرَ • (naẓara) I (non-past يَنْظُرُ (yanẓuru), verbal noun نَظَر (naẓar) or مَنْظَر (manẓar) or مَنْظَرَة (manẓara))
* to look, to gaze, to glance
    نَظَرْتُ فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئًاnaẓartu falam ʔara šayʔanI looked and I saw nothing
* to see, to view, to eye, to regard
* to watch, to observe, to notice
* to pay attention, to expect
* to envisage, to consider, to contemplate
* to have in mind, to have in view
* (transitive) to await

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naðˤ.ðˤa.ra/

#### Verb

نَظَّرَ • (naẓẓara) II (non-past يُنَظِّرُ (yunaẓẓiru), verbal noun تَنْظِير (tanẓīr))
* to make comparisons, to draw parallels

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /na.ðˤar/

#### Noun

نَظَر • (naẓar) m (plural أَنْظَار (ʔanẓār))
* verbal noun of نَظَرَ (naẓara) (form I)
* seeing, eyesight, vision
* look, glance, gaze
* sight
* outlook, prospect
* view
* aspect
* appearance, evidence
* insight, discernment
* examination
* inspection, study, perusal
* consideration, reflection
* theory
* trial, hearing
* supervision, control, surveillance
* competence, jurisdiction
* attention, heed, regard, notice, observation, respect, consideration, care

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: nəzər
* → Middle Armenian: նազար (nazar), Նազար (Nazar)
** Armenian: նազար (nazar), Նազար (Nazar)
* → Ottoman Turkish: نظر (nazar)
** Turkish: nazar
** → English: nazar
** → Ladino: nazar
** → Romanian: nazar
** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Latin script: nazar
    Cyrillic script: назар
* → Classical Persian: نظر (nazar)
** Modern Persian:
    Dari: نظر (nazar)
    Iranian Persian: نظر (nazar)
    Tajik: назар (nazar)
** → Assamese: নজৰ (nozor)
** → Bengali: নজর (nojor)
** → Gujarati: નજર (najar)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: नज़र (nazar)
    Urdu: نَظَر (nazar)
** → Maithili:
    Devanagari script: नजरि (najᵊrɨ)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒢𑒖𑒩𑒱 (najari)
** → Marathi: नजर (najar)
** → Nepali: नजर (najar)
** → Odia: ନଜର (najara)
** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਨਜ਼ਰ (nazar)
    Shahmukhi script: نَظَر (naz̤ar)
** → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: نَظَرَ (nazara)
    Devanagari script: नज़र (nazara)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /niðˤr/

#### Adjective

نِظْر • (niẓr)
* similar, like, matching
* equal

##### Declension
### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “نظر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic نَظَرْ (naẓar).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /na.zˤar/, /na.ðˤar/, /na.dˤar/

### Noun

نَظَر • (naẓar or naḍar) m
* eyesight
* consideration, reflection

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نظر

### Noun

نظر • (nazar)
* look
* gaze
* eye
* evil eye

#### Descendants

* Turkish: nazar
* → English: nazar
* → Ladino: nazar
* → Romanian: nazar
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Latin script: nazar
    Cyrillic script: назар

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَظَر (naẓar).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [na.zaɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [nä.zäɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [nä.zäɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [nä.zäɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [nä.zäɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [næ.zæɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [nä.zäɾ]

### Noun

نظر • (nazar) (plural نظرها (nazar-hâ))
* seeing, vision
* sight, view, look
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 2516:هست بر اسباب اسبابی دگر / در سبب منگر در آن افکن نظرhast bar asbâb asbâb-i digar / dar sabab ma-ngar dar ân afkan nazarOver the [secondary] causes there are other [primary] causes: do not look at the [secondary] cause; let thy gaze fall on that [primary cause].
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 646:این نظر از دور چون تیرست و سم عشقت افزون می‌شود صبر تو کمīn nazar az dūr čūn tīr-ast u samm išqat afzūn mē-šawad sabr-i tū kamThis looking from a distance is like arrows and poison: your fond passion is increased [thereby] and your self-restraint diminished.
* view, opinion
* viewpoint, perspective
    از نظر مذهب، این دودمان انقلابی بود.az nazar-e mazhab, in dudmân enqelâbi bud.From the perspective of religion, this dynasty was revolutionary.
* insight
* consideration, regard
* clear-sightedness, clairvoyance
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3587—3588:من بدم آن و آن چه گفتم خواب در / با تو اندر خواب در شرح نظر / گوش کن چون حلقه اندر گوش کن / آن سخن را پیشوای هوش کنman bodam ân v-ân če goftam xâb dar / bâ tu andar xâb dar šarh-e nazar / guš kon čon halqe andar guš kon / ân soxan-râ pišvâ-ye huš konThat was I; and what I said to you in the dream, whilst you slumbered, in explanation of clairvoyance—give ear [to it], put it in your ear like an ear-ring: make those words [of mine] your mind's guide.
* evil eye

#### Derived terms

* به نظر آمدن (be nazar âmadan)
* به نظر رسیدن (be nazar residan)
* در نظر گرفتن (dar nazar gereftan)
* نظرباز (nazarbâz)
* نظربازی (nazarbâzi)
* نظرسنجی (nazarsanji)

#### Descendants

* Modern Persian:
    Dari: نظر (nazar)
    Iranian Persian: نظر (nazar)
    Tajik: назар (nazar)
* → Assamese: নজৰ (nozor)
* → Bengali: নজর (nojor)
* → Gujarati: નજર (najar)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: नज़र (nazar)
    Urdu: نَظَر (nazar)
* → Maithili:
    Devanagari script: नजरि (najᵊrɨ)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒢𑒖𑒩𑒱 (najari)
* → Marathi: नजर (najar)
* → Nepali: नजर (najar)
* → Odia: ନଜର (najara)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਨਜ਼ਰ (nazar)
    Shahmukhi script: نَظَر (naz̤ar)
* → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: نَظَرَ (nazara)
    Devanagari script: नज़र (nazara)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نظر (nazar), from Arabic نَظَر (naẓar).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /nə.zəɾ/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Rhymes: -əɾ
* Hyphenation: نَ‧ظَر

### Noun

نَظَر • (nazar) f (Hindi spelling नज़र)
* look, gaze, glance
    نَظْریں نِیچے رَکھو!nazrẽ nīce rakho!Stop peeking.(literally, “Keep your eyes down.”)
* eyesight, vision
    آپ کی نَظَر خَراب ہوتی جا رَہی ہَیں۔āp kī nazar xarāb hotī jā rahī ha͠i.Your eyesight is worsening.
* supervision
    اُن پہ نَظَر رَکْھنا۔ ― Keep an eye on them.
* opinion, perspective
    اُن کی نَظَر مَیں یہ غَلَط ہَےun kī nazar ma͠i ye ġalat haiIn their view, this is wrong
* (evil) eye
    بُری نَظَر ― burī nazar ― evil eye (literally, “bad eye”)

#### Declension
### References

* “نظر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نظر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
* “نظر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

## Ushojo
### Etymology

From Urdu نظر (nazar).

### Noun

نظر (nazar)
* look, gaze, glance
* opinion, perspective