منظور

Arabic

Root
ن ظ ر (n ẓ r)
17 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb نَظَرَ (naẓara, “to look”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.ðˤuːr/
• Rhymes: -uːr

Adjective

مَنْظُور • (manẓūr) (feminine مَنْظُورَة (manẓūra), masculine plural مَنْظُورُونَ (manẓūrūna), feminine plural مَنْظُورَات (manẓūrāt))

1. passive participle of نَظَرَ (naẓara)
   1. seen, sighted
   2. taken into consideration; taken into account
   3. envied (literally: affected by an evil eye)
   4. desired

Declension

Declension of adjective مَنْظُور (manẓūr)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَنْظُور manẓūr	الْمَنْظُور al-manẓūr	مَنْظُورَة manẓūra	الْمَنْظُورَة al-manẓūra
Nominative	مَنْظُورٌ manẓūrun	الْمَنْظُورُ al-manẓūru	مَنْظُورَةٌ manẓūratun	الْمَنْظُورَةُ al-manẓūratu
Accusative	مَنْظُورًا manẓūran	الْمَنْظُورَ al-manẓūra	مَنْظُورَةً manẓūratan	الْمَنْظُورَةَ al-manẓūrata
Genitive	مَنْظُورٍ manẓūrin	الْمَنْظُورِ al-manẓūri	مَنْظُورَةٍ manẓūratin	الْمَنْظُورَةِ al-manẓūrati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَنْظُورَيْن manẓūrayn	الْمَنْظُورَيْن al-manẓūrayn	مَنْظُورَتَيْن manẓūratayn	الْمَنْظُورَتَيْن al-manẓūratayn
Nominative	مَنْظُورَانِ manẓūrāni	الْمَنْظُورَانِ al-manẓūrāni	مَنْظُورَتَانِ manẓūratāni	الْمَنْظُورَتَانِ al-manẓūratāni
Accusative	مَنْظُورَيْنِ manẓūrayni	الْمَنْظُورَيْنِ al-manẓūrayni	مَنْظُورَتَيْنِ manẓūratayni	الْمَنْظُورَتَيْنِ al-manẓūratayni
Genitive	مَنْظُورَيْنِ manẓūrayni	الْمَنْظُورَيْنِ al-manẓūrayni	مَنْظُورَتَيْنِ manẓūratayni	الْمَنْظُورَتَيْنِ al-manẓūratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَنْظُورِين manẓūrīn	الْمَنْظُورِين al-manẓūrīn	مَنْظُورَات manẓūrāt	الْمَنْظُورَات al-manẓūrāt
Nominative	مَنْظُورُونَ manẓūrūna	الْمَنْظُورُونَ al-manẓūrūna	مَنْظُورَاتٌ manẓūrātun	الْمَنْظُورَاتُ al-manẓūrātu
Accusative	مَنْظُورِينَ manẓūrīna	الْمَنْظُورِينَ al-manẓūrīna	مَنْظُورَاتٍ manẓūrātin	الْمَنْظُورَاتِ al-manẓūrāti
Genitive	مَنْظُورِينَ manẓūrīna	الْمَنْظُورِينَ al-manẓūrīna	مَنْظُورَاتٍ manẓūrātin	الْمَنْظُورَاتِ al-manẓūrāti

Noun

مَنْظُور • (manẓūr) m

1. aim, intention, objective

Declension

Declension of noun مَنْظُور (manẓūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنْظُور manẓūr	الْمَنْظُور al-manẓūr	مَنْظُور manẓūr
Nominative	مَنْظُورٌ manẓūrun	الْمَنْظُورُ al-manẓūru	مَنْظُورُ manẓūru
Accusative	مَنْظُورًا manẓūran	الْمَنْظُورَ al-manẓūra	مَنْظُورَ manẓūra
Genitive	مَنْظُورٍ manẓūrin	الْمَنْظُورِ al-manẓūri	مَنْظُورِ manẓūri

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mənzur
• → Persian: منظور (manzur)
• → Ottoman Turkish: منظور (manzûr)
  • Turkish: manzur
• → Uzbek: manzur

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: মঞ্জুর (monjur)
• → 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) accepted, 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 (manzūrõ)
vocative	مَنْظُور (manzūr)	مَنْظُورو (manzūro)

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.