7ader حاضر
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“7ader” (حاضر) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning present, here.
Meanings
- present, here
- "present!" (roll call)
Usage
7ader means that a person is present somewhere: in class, at a meeting, at an event. At school, you answer "7ader!" at roll call. The feminine is 7adra, the plural 7adrin. To say "ready", you don't use 7ader but wajed. In a formal register, the expression "lwe9t l7ader" means the present time. Beware of confusion with 7der, which means "to go down". Typical construction: "kan 7ader f..." (he was present at...).
Example
واش أحمد حاضر اليوم؟
wach a7med 7ader lyoum?
“Is Ahmed here today?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7ader” but also “7adir”, “hader”, “7adr” and “7aadir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “7ader” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “present, here”; “all right, at your service”: hader in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “present, here”; “ready”: 7ader in Tunisian.