7adhart حضرت
Tunisian Derja · verb
“7adhart” (حضرت) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning I prepared / she prepared.
Meanings
- I prepared / she prepared
- I attended / she attended
Usage
This spelling is a conjugated form, made ambiguous by Arabic writing without vowels. With the doubled consonant, 7adhart comes from "7adhar" (to prepare): "7adhart el makla" (I prepared the meal), "7adhart rou7i" (I got myself ready). Without doubling, 7dhart comes from "7dhar" (to be present, to attend): "7dhart fil 3ers" (I attended the wedding). The same form serves for the first person and for the third person feminine ("7adhret"). Only context can tell the two verbs apart.
Example
حضّرت الماكلة قبل ما يجيو
7adhart el makla 9bal ma yjiw
“I prepared the meal before they arrived.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7adhart” but also “7dhart”, “hadhart”, “7adhret” and “7adart”. 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.