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مُنْتَظَر
awaited, expected /ˈmun.ta.ðˤar/
adjectiveB2#3873 most common
Also: anticipated, long-awaited
Example sentences
هذا مُنْتَظَر.
This is expected.
وصول الطائرة مُنْتَظَر بعد ساعة.
The plane's arrival is expected in an hour.
كانت النتيجة مُنْتَظَرة من الجميع.
The result was expected by everyone.
ارتفاع الأسعار كان مُنْتَظَرًا منذ بداية العام.
The rise in prices had been expected since the start of the year.
من غير المُنْتَظَر أن يغيّر البنك المركزي سياسته النقدية هذا الشهر.
It is not expected that the central bank will change its monetary policy this month.
يبقى القرار النهائي بشأن الصفقة مُنْتَظَرًا حتى تنتهي المفاوضات الجارية بين الطرفين.
The final decision on the deal remains awaited until the ongoing negotiations between the two parties conclude.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُنْتَظَرٌ | مُنْتَظَرُونَ |
| Genitive | مُنْتَظَرٍ | مُنْتَظَرِينَ |
| Accusative | مُنْتَظَراً | مُنْتَظَرِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُنْتَظَرُ | يَا مُنْتَظَرُونَ |
Word family
اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara)to wait for
اِنْتِظَار (intiẓār)waiting, anticipation
مُنْتَظِر (muntaẓir)waiting, one who is waiting
نَظَر (naẓar)sight, view, opinion
نَظْرَة (naẓra)a glance, a look
Etymology
مُنْتَظَر comes from the Semitic root ن-ظ-ر (n-ẓ-r), meaning to see or watch. The Form VIII verb اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara) built on this root means to wait for, literally to keep watching for something. مُنْتَظَر is its passive participle, so it names the thing being watched for, the thing awaited. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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