منظور

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْظُور (manẓūr).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [män.zúːɾ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæn.zúːɹ]

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

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

Noun

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

منظور • (manzur)

1. taken into consideration; taken into account

Descendants

• → Gujarati: મંજૂર (mañjūr)
• → Marathi: मंजूर (mañjūr)
• → Nepali: मंजूर (mañjūra)
• → Bengali: মঁজুর (mõjur)
• → Hindi: मंज़ूर (manzūr)
• → Punjabi: ਮਨਜ਼ੂਰ / منظور (manzūr)
• → Urdu: منظور

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mən.zuːɾ/
• Rhymes: -uːɾ
• Hyphenation: مَن‧ظُور

Adjective

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

• مَنْظُوری (manzūrī, “approval”)

Noun

مَنْظُور • (manzūr) m (Hindi spelling मंज़ूर)

1. lens (of binoculars or telescopes etc.)

Declension

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

Further reading

• “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.