منظر

Arabic

Etymology 1
Root
ن ظ ر (n-ẓ-r)

Verbal noun and noun of place from the verb نَظَرَ (naẓara, “to perceive with the eyes”).

Noun

مَنْظَر • (manẓar) m (plural مَنَاظِر (manāẓir))

  1. verbal noun of نَظَرَ (naẓara) (form I)
  2. sight
  3. view, panorama
    هَذَا الْمَنْظَرُ جَمِيلٌ جِدًا فِي غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ.
    haḏā l-manẓaru jamīlun jidan fī ḡurūbi š-šamsi.
    This view is very beautiful at sunset.
  4. looks, appearance, aspect
  5. prospect, outlook, perspective
  6. (photography) object
  7. scene (of a play)
  8. spectacle
  9. stage setting, set, scenery
  10. lookout, watchtower
Declension
Declension of noun مَنْظَر (manẓar)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَنْظَر
manẓar		 الْمَنْظَر
al-manẓar		 مَنْظَر
manẓar
Nominative مَنْظَرٌ
manẓarun		 الْمَنْظَرُ
al-manẓaru		 مَنْظَرُ
manẓaru
Accusative مَنْظَرًا
manẓaran		 الْمَنْظَرَ
al-manẓara		 مَنْظَرَ
manẓara
Genitive مَنْظَرٍ
manẓarin		 الْمَنْظَرِ
al-manẓari		 مَنْظَرِ
manẓari
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَنْظَرَيْن
manẓarayn		 الْمَنْظَرَيْن
al-manẓarayn		 مَنْظَرَيْ
manẓaray
Nominative مَنْظَرَانِ
manẓarāni		 الْمَنْظَرَانِ
al-manẓarāni		 مَنْظَرَا
manẓarā
Accusative مَنْظَرَيْنِ
manẓarayni		 الْمَنْظَرَيْنِ
al-manẓarayni		 مَنْظَرَيْ
manẓaray
Genitive مَنْظَرَيْنِ
manẓarayni		 الْمَنْظَرَيْنِ
al-manẓarayni		 مَنْظَرَيْ
manẓaray
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَنَاظِر
manāẓir		 الْمَنَاظِر
al-manāẓir		 مَنَاظِر
manāẓir
Nominative مَنَاظِرُ
manāẓiru		 الْمَنَاظِرُ
al-manāẓiru		 مَنَاظِرُ
manāẓiru
Accusative مَنَاظِرَ
manāẓira		 الْمَنَاظِرَ
al-manāẓira		 مَنَاظِرَ
manāẓira
Genitive مَنَاظِرَ
manāẓira		 الْمَنَاظِرِ
al-manāẓiri		 مَنَاظِرِ
manāẓiri
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: منظر (manzar)

Etymology 2
Root
ن ظ ر (n-ẓ-r)

Tool noun from the verb نَظَرَ (naẓara, “to perceive with the eyes”).

Noun

مِنْظَر • (minẓar) m

  1. pair of eyeglasses, spectacles
  2. telescope
Declension
Declension of noun مِنْظَر (minẓar)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِنْظَر
minẓar		 الْمِنْظَر
al-minẓar		 مِنْظَر
minẓar
Nominative مِنْظَرٌ
minẓarun		 الْمِنْظَرُ
al-minẓaru		 مِنْظَرُ
minẓaru
Accusative مِنْظَرًا
minẓaran		 الْمِنْظَرَ
al-minẓara		 مِنْظَرَ
minẓara
Genitive مِنْظَرٍ
minẓarin		 الْمِنْظَرِ
al-minẓari		 مِنْظَرِ
minẓari

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْظَر (manẓar)

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [män.zäɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [män.zäɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [män.zäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? manzar
Dari reading? manzar
Iranian reading? manzar
Tajik reading? manzar
Dari منظر
Iranian Persian
Tajik манзар

Noun

منظر • (manzar) (plural مناظر (manâzer))

  1. aspect, look, appearance
  2. sight, view
  3. perspective
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3766:
      هر هوا و ذره‌‌ای خود منظری است
      ناگشاده کی گود کانجا دری است
      har hawā u zarra-i xwad manzar-ē-st
      nā-gušāda kī guwad kānjā dar-ē-st
      Every air and mote is indeed a place for vision (of God),
      (but so long as it is) unopened, who says “Yonder is a door”?

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian منظر (manzar)

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mən.zəɾ/
  • Rhymes: -əɾ
  • Hyphenation: مَنْ‧ظَر

Noun

مَنْظَر • (manzar) m (formal plural مناظر, Hindi spelling मंज़र)

  1. sight; view; scene
  2. the horizon
  3. the eye; pupil
  4. (figuratively) exhibition (of some kind)

Declension
Declension of منظر
singular plural
direct مَنْظَر (manz̤ar) مَنْظَر (manz̤ar)
oblique مَنْظَر (manz̤ar) مَنْظَروں (manz̤arō̃)
vocative مَنْظَر (manz̤ar) مَنْظَرو (manz̤arō)

Further reading
  • “منظر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “منظر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “منظر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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