Arabic word sheet
أَنْظَرَ
To grant more time
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ن ظ ر
Meaning and usage
To grant more time
To leave someone more time before requiring what he has to do or pay. It is said above all towards a person who owes a debt or is in difficulty.
أَنْظَرَتِ الْمُعَلِّمَةُ الطَّالِبَ يَوْمَيْنِ لِإِتْمَامِ الْوَاجِبِ.
The teacher gave the student two more days to finish the homework.
To sell on credit
To sell someone a thing while agreeing to be paid later. It is said of a merchant who hands over the goods at once and waits for his money.
أَنْظَرَ الْبَقَّالُ الْجَارَةَ حَتَّى آخِرِ الشَّهْرِ.
The grocer let the neighbour pay at the end of the month.
Word family
What the root means ن ظ ر
The root carries the idea of looking: its basic verb means to turn one's eyes towards a person or a thing and consider it. From it come the look, the view that meets the eye and the counterpart; the same family also covers waiting and delay, to which the headword belongs.
to look
to wait
اِنْتَظَرَ
delay, respite
نَظِرَةٌ
look, sight
نَظَرٌ
view, sight
مَنْظَرٌ
counterpart, equal
نَظِيرٌ
Synonyms
to give respite
أَمْهَلَ
Very close; it stresses the patience of the one who does not press, with no special link to a debt or a sale.
to delay, to put off
أَخَّرَ
Broader: it is said of anything put off until later, a thing as well as a person, without the idea of a favour granted.
Opposites
to hurry (someone)
أَعْجَلَ