7ader حاضر
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“7ader” (حاضر) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning present, here.
Meanings
- present, here
- ready
- all right, at your service
Usage
7ader first means "present": chkoun 7ader? means "who is here?" or "who will come?". The feminine is 7adra and the plural is 7adrin. The word is also used to mean "ready": 7adrin bech nemchiw? ("are you ready to leave?"). Used alone in reply to a request, 7ader becomes a polite formula of agreement, "understood" or "at your service". It is often addressed to a parent or a superior. Depending on the intonation, it can take on a nuance of submission or irony.
Example
شكون حاضر 29 اكتوبر ؟؟؟؟
chjoun 7ader 29 oktober ????
“Who will be present on 29 October ????”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7ader” but also “hader”, “7adher”, “7adhir” and “hadher”. 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 Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “present, here”; “"present!" (roll call)”: 7ader in Moroccan.
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.