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ن-ظ-ر
The Arabic root ن-ظ-ر (n-z-r)
Core idea: looking, considering; waiting
25 words in the dictionary are built from ن-ظ-ر, including verbs in Forms I, III, VI, VIII, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
Most common
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
to look, to gaze, to glance; to see, to view, to eye, to regard; to watch, to observe, to notice
نَظَر
مَنْظَرَة
scene
نَاظِر
observer
نَاظِر
eye
مَنْظُور
passive participle of نَظَرَ
مَنْظُور
viewpoint
مِنْظَار
magnifying glass
مِنْظَر
pair of eyeglasses
نَاظَرَ
· present يُنَاظِرُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to debate; to equal, to correspond to
مُنَاظَرَة
debate
مُنَاظِر
مُنَاظَر
تَنَاظَرَ
· present يَتَنَاظَرُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to debate (with each other), to have a debate; to be opposite each other (houses); to look at each other
تَنَاظُر
looking at each other
مُتَنَاظِر
agreeing
مُتَنَاظَر
اِنْتَظَرَ
· present يَنْتَظِرُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to wait for (delay until some event), to await
اِسْتَنْظَرَ
· present يَسْتَنْظِرُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to anticipate, to look forward to; to ask or seek to look, supervise or monitor; to ask [+direct object] to supervise to monitor
اِسْتِنْظَار
مُسْتَنْظِر
مُسْتَنْظَر
Other nouns and adjectives
theoretical
a look
spectacles
theory
نَظِير
similar
نِظَارَة
supervision
نَظَّارَة
viewers
مِنْظَرَة
mirror
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