نظر

See also: نطر and ن ظ ر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ن ظ ر (n-ẓ-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.ðˤa.ra/

Verb

نَظَرَ (naẓara) I, non-past يَنْظُرُ‎ (yanẓuru)

  1. to look, to gaze, to glance
    نَظَرْتُ فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئًاnaẓartu falam ʔara šayʔanI looked and I saw nothing
  2. to see, to view, to eye, to regard
  3. to watch, to observe, to notice
  4. to pay attention, to expect
  5. to envisage, to consider, to contemplate
  6. to have in mind, to have in view
  7. (transitive) to await
Conjugation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naðˤ.ðˤa.ra/

Verb

نَظَّرَ (naẓẓara) II, non-past يُنَظِّرُ‎ (yunaẓẓiru)

  1. to make comparisons, to draw parallels
Conjugation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.ðˤar/

Noun

نَظَر (naẓar) m (plural أَنْظَار (ʔanẓār))

  1. verbal noun of نَظَرَ (naẓara) (form I)
  2. seeing, eyesight, vision
  3. look, glance, gaze
  4. sight
  5. outlook, prospect
  6. view
  7. aspect
  8. appearance, evidence
  9. insight, discernment
  10. examination
  11. inspection, study, perusal
  12. consideration, reflection
  13. theory
  14. trial, hearing
  15. supervision, control, surveillance
  16. competence, jurisdiction
  17. attention, heed, regard, notice, observation, respect, consideration, care
Declension
Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: Նազար (Nazar)
  • Ottoman Turkish: نظر (nazar)
  • Persian: نظر (nazar) (see there for further descendants)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niðˤr/

Adjective

نِظْر (niẓr)

  1. similar, like, matching
  2. equal
Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), نظر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نَظَر (naẓar).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /nazaɾ/

Noun

Dari نظر
Iranian Persian
Tajik назар (nazar)

نظر (nazar) (plural نظرها (nazar-hâ))

  1. seeing, vision
  2. sight, view, look
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 2516:
      هست بر اسباب اسبابی دگر / در سبب منگر در آن افکن نظر
      hast bar asbâb asbâb-i digar / dar sabab ma-ngar dar ân afkan nazar
      Over the [secondary] causes there are other [primary] causes: do not look at the [secondary] cause; let thy gaze fall on that [primary cause].
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 646:
      این نظر از دور چون تیرست و سم / عشقت افزون می‌شود صبر تو کم
      in nazar az dur čon tir-ast o sam / 'ešq-at afzun mi-šavad sabr-e to kam
      This looking from a distance is like arrows and poison: your fond passion is increased [thereby] and your self-restraint diminished.
  3. view, opinion
  4. viewpoint, perspective
    از نظر مذهب، این دودمان انقلابی بود.
    az nazar-e mazhab, in dudmân enqelâbi bud.
    From the perspective of religion, this dynasty was revolutionary.
  5. insight
  6. consideration, regard
  7. clear-sightedness, clairvoyance
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3587—3588:
      من بدم آن و آن چه گفتم خواب در / با تو اندر خواب در شرح نظر / گوش کن چون حلقه اندر گوش کن / آن سخن را پیشوای هوش کن
      man bodam ân v-ân če goftam xâb dar / bâ tu andar xâb dar šarh-e nazar / guš kon čon halqe andar guš kon / ân soxan-râ pišvâ-ye huš kon
      That was I; and what I said to you in the dream, whilst you slumbered, in explanation of clairvoyance—give ear [to it], put it in your ear like an ear-ring: make those words [of mine] your mind's guide.
  8. evil eye

Derived terms

  • نظربازی (nazarbâzi)
  • نظرباز (nazarbâz)
  • نظرسنجی (nazarsanji)

Descendants

  • Assamese: নজৰ (nozor)
  • Bengali: নজর (nojor)
  • Gujarati: નજર (najar)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: नज़र (nazar)
    Urdu: نَظَر
  • Maithili:
    Devanagari script: नजरि (najᵊrɨ)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒢𑒖𑒩𑒱 (najari)
  • Marathi: नजर (najar)
  • Nepali: नजर (najar)
  • Oriya: ନଜର (nôjôrô)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਨਜ਼ਰ (nazar)
    Shahmukhi script: نَظَر (naz̤ar)
  • Sindhi:
    Arabic script: نَظَرَ (nazara)
    Devanagari script: नज़र (nazara)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نظر (nazar), from Arabic نَظَر (naẓar).

Pronunciation

Noun

نَظَر (naz̤ar) f (Hindi spelling नज़र)

  1. look, gaze, glance
    نظریں نیچے رکھو!
    naz̤reṉ nīce rakho!
    Stop peeking.
    (literally, “Keep your eyes down.”)
  2. eyesight, vision
    آپ کی نظر خراب ہوتی جا رہی ہیں۔
    āp ki naz̤ar xarab hotī jā rahi hai.
    Your eyesight is worsening.
  3. supervision
    اُن پہ نظر رکھنا۔
    un pih naz̤ar rakhnā.
    Keep an eye on them.
  4. opinion, perspective
    اُن کی نظر میں یہ غلط ہے
    un ki naz̤ar mẽ yih ġalat hai.
    In their view, this is wrong
  5. (evil) eye
    بری نظرburī naz̤arevil eye (literally, “bad eye”)

Declension

Declension of نظر
singular plural
direct نَظَر (nazar) نَظَریں (nazarẽ)
oblique نَظَر (nazar) نَظَروں (nazarõ)
vocative نَظَر (nazar) نَظَرو (nazaro)

References

  • نظر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), نظر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • نظر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu نظر (nazar).

Noun

نظر (nazar)

  1. look, gaze, glance
  2. opinion, perspective
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