m7adher محضر
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“m7adher” (محضر) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning having prepared, ready.
Meanings
- having prepared, ready
- official report (noun sense)
Usage
M7adher is the participle of "7adher" (to prepare). It indicates that a person has prepared something or is ready: "m7adher 7afla" (he has prepared a concert), "m7adher rou7ou" (he has got himself ready). It agrees in gender and number: m7adhra in the feminine, m7adhrin in the plural. Pronounced ma7dhar, the same written word is a noun meaning an administrative or police report: "7arrer ma7dhar" means to draw up a report. Context and pronunciation distinguish the two.
Example
أنا محضّر روحي للامتحان
ana m7adher rou7i lel imti7an
“I've got myself ready for the exam.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “m7adher” but also “m7adhar”, “m7der” and “mhadher”. 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.