7adher حضر
Tunisian Derja · verb
“7adher” (حضر) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to prepare (meal, coffee, things).
Meanings
- to prepare (meal, coffee, things)
- to attend, be present
- to get ready (with rouh-)
Usage
In the form 7adhar (with doubled consonant), the verb mostly means "to prepare": you prepare coffee, the table, a suitcase, an exam. With the reflexive pronoun rouh-, 7adhar rou7ek means "get ready, be prepared". The simple form 7dhar, without doubling, means "to be present, to attend": 7dhar fel 9raya (he attended the class), 7dhar el 3ers (he came to the wedding). Arabic script does not always mark the doubling, and context determines which of the two meanings applies. The register is everyday, in speech and writing.
Example
صباح ال خير , هيّا نحضر لكم ال قهوة
Sbe7 el 5ir , haya n7a4relkom el 9ahwa
“Good morning, come on, we'll prepare the coffee for you.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7adher” but also “7adhar”, “7adhr” 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 “7adher” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to attend, follow”; “to be present, show up”: 7der in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to attend, be present”; “to come, show up”: hdar in Algerian.