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Highlights
Present tense
يَنْظُرُ
Verbal nouns
Active participle
نَاظِر
Passive participle
مَنْظُور
Most common words from the same root
نَظَرَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to look, to gaze, to glance
نَظَرْتُ فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئًاI looked and I saw nothing
- to see, to view, to eye, to regard
- to watch, to observe, to notice
- to pay attention, to expect
- to envisage, to consider, to contemplate
- to have in mind, to have in view
- to await transitive
Word origin
Compare Akkadian naṣārum (𒈾𒍝𒊒, “to watch over, protect”), Aramaic נְטַר (nəṭar, “to watch, guard”), Classical Syriac ܢܛܲܪ (nəṭar, “to watch”) and Hebrew נָצַר (nɔṣár, “to keep, maintain”).
Words from the root ن-ظ-ر
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
نَظَرَ
· present يَنْظُرُ
Form I · The plain action
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
theoretical
a look
spectacles
theory
نَظِير
similar
نِظَارَة
supervision
نَظَّارَة
viewers
مِنْظَرَة
mirror
نَظَرَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | نَظَرْتُ | أَنْظُرُ | أَنْظُرَ | أَنْظُرْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | نَظَرْتَ | تَنْظُرُ | تَنْظُرَ | تَنْظُرْ | اُنْظُرْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | نَظَرْتِ | تَنْظُرِينَ | تَنْظُرِي | تَنْظُرِي | اُنْظُرِي |
| هُوَ he | نَظَرَ | يَنْظُرُ | يَنْظُرَ | يَنْظُرْ | — |
| هِيَ she | نَظَرَتْ | تَنْظُرُ | تَنْظُرَ | تَنْظُرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | نَظَرْتُمَا | تَنْظُرَانِ | تَنْظُرَا | تَنْظُرَا | اُنْظُرَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | نَظَرَا | يَنْظُرَانِ | يَنْظُرَا | يَنْظُرَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | نَظَرَتَا | تَنْظُرَانِ | تَنْظُرَا | تَنْظُرَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | نَظَرْنَا | نَنْظُرُ | نَنْظُرَ | نَنْظُرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | نَظَرْتُمْ | تَنْظُرُونَ | تَنْظُرُوا | تَنْظُرُوا | اُنْظُرُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | نَظَرْتُنَّ | تَنْظُرْنَ | تَنْظُرْنَ | تَنْظُرْنَ | اُنْظُرْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | نَظَرُوا | يَنْظُرُونَ | يَنْظُرُوا | يَنْظُرُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | نَظَرْنَ | يَنْظُرْنَ | يَنْظُرْنَ | يَنْظُرْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | نَظَر، مَنْظَر، مَنْظَرَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | نَاظِر |
| Passive participle | مَنْظُور |
نَظَرَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to look
نَظَرْتُ فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئًاI looked and I saw nothing
From a fully vowelled text
وَنَظَرَ اللهُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَعَلِمَ اللهُ.And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.Exodus 2:25, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَنَظَرَ إِلَى ضِيقِهِمْ إِذْ سَمِعَ صُرَاخَهُمْ.Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:Psalms 106:44, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
حَتَّى يُشْرِفَ وَيَنْظُرَ الرَّبُّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ.Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.Lamentations 3:50, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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