मुंतज़िर

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

waiting, awaiting, expecting

References

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

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