منظر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verbal noun and noun of place from the verb نَظَرَ (naẓara, to perceive with the eyes), from the root ن ظ ر (n-ẓ-r).

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
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: منظر (manzar)

Etymology 2

Tool noun from the verb نَظَرَ (naẓara, to perceive with the eyes), from the root ن ظ ر (n-ẓ-r).

Noun

مِنْظَر • (minẓar) m

  1. pair of eyeglasses, spectacles
  2. telescope
Declension

Urdu

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] (in 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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