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Intzaar

इंतज़ार
said in-te-ZAAR
also written: intezar, intzar
Meaning

Waiting, expectant longing for someone's coming; the long vigil of the lover.

Literally: from Arabic intizar

See it in the verse

Intzaar in Iqbal’s couplets

Baagh-e-bahisht se mujhe hukm-e-safar diya tha kyun
Kaar-e-jahan daraaz hai ab mera intezaar kar
Why was I given the command to depart the garden of paradise? The work of the world is long now — so wait for me.
Action · Aspiration · Restlessness
Related words
SANSKRIT

Aas

Hope; expectation, longing.

SANSKRIT

Raina

The night, especially the long night of waiting and wakefulness in love verse.

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