मुंतज़िर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian منتظر (muntazir), from Arabic مُنْتَظِر (muntaẓir), active participle of اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara). Related to इंतज़ार (intazār).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊn.t̪ə.zɪɾ/, [mʊ̃n̪.t̪ɐ.zɪɾ], /mʊn.t̪ə.d͡ʒɪɾ/, [mʊ̃n̪.t̪ɐ.d͡ʒɪɾ]

Adjective

मुंतज़िर • (muntazir) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling منتظر)

1. waiting, awaiting, expecting

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “muntazir”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press