Arabic

Verb

حَاضَرَ • ‎(ḥāḍara) III, non-past يُحَاضِرُ‎ (yuḥāḍiru)

1. to give a lecture to
2. to lecture
3. to witness, be present for
4. to present one's self
5. to give (a ready answer)
6. to sit with (someone) in contending or disputing
7. to contend with, to dispute, to debate, to bandy words with (someone)
8. to plead a cause
9. to converse with
10. to vie in running
11. to dispute for a thing, win and carry it off
12. to scourge, to beat, to whip

Conjugation

References

• “حضر” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حاضر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حضر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of حَضَرَ ‎(ḥaḍara, “to be present, to be settled”), from the root ح ض ر ‎(ḥ-ḍ-r).

Adjective

حَاضِر • ‎(ḥāḍir) ‎(feminine حَاضِرَة ‎(ḥāḍira), masculine plural حُضَّر ‎(ḥuḍḍar) or حُضُور ‎(ḥuḍūr))

1. present, before the eyes, ready (also applied to money)
2. second person

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حاضر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Noun

حَاضِر • ‎(ḥāḍir) m ‎(plural حُضَّر ‎(ḥuḍḍar) or حُضُور ‎(ḥuḍūr))

1. the present tense

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حاضر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Adjective

حَاضِر • ‎(ḥāḍir) ‎(feminine حَاضِرَة ‎(ḥāḍira), masculine plural حُضَّار ‎(ḥuḍḍār) or حَضَرَة ‎(ḥaḍara))

1. settled, domiciled

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حاضر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Noun

حَاضِر • ‎(ḥāḍir) m ‎(plural حُضَّار ‎(ḥuḍḍār) or حَضَرَة ‎(ḥaḍara), feminine حَاضِرَة ‎(ḥāḍira))

1. inhabitant of a village of town
2. family
3. tribe

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حاضر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen