حضور

See also: خصور

Arabic

Root
ح ض ر (ḥ ḍ r)
22 terms

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of حَضَرَ (ḥaḍara).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħu.dˤuːr/
Rhymes: -uːr

Noun

حُضُور • (ḥuḍūr) m

verbal noun of حَضَرَ (ḥaḍara) (form I)
presence
appearance, approach
waiting, attendance, ceremonious call
royal presence, court, government
quietude, tranquility of mind, ease

Declension

Declension of noun **حُضُور** (ḥuḍūr)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حُضُور ḥuḍūr	الْحُضُور al-ḥuḍūr	حُضُور ḥuḍūr
nominative	حُضُورٌ ḥuḍūrun	الْحُضُورُ al-ḥuḍūru	حُضُورُ ḥuḍūru
accusative	حُضُورًا ḥuḍūran	الْحُضُورَ al-ḥuḍūra	حُضُورَ ḥuḍūra
genitive	حُضُورٍ ḥuḍūrin	الْحُضُورِ al-ḥuḍūri	حُضُورِ ḥuḍūri

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: huzur
→ Bengali: হুজুর (hujur)
→ Hindi: हुजूर (hujūr)
→ Persian: حضور
→ Ottoman Turkish: حضور
- Turkish: huzur
- → Romanian: huzur
→ Uyghur: ھۇزۇر (huzur)
→ Uzbek: huzur

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

حُضُور • (ḥuḍūr) m pl

plural of حَاضِر (ḥāḍir)

Adjective

حُضُور • (ḥuḍūr) m pl

masculine plural of حَاضِر (ḥāḍir)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حضور”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic حُضُور (ḥuḍūr).

Noun

حضور • (huzur)

peace of mind, quiet, ease
presence; audience with a sovereign

Descendants

Turkish: huzur
→ Romanian: huzur

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “huzur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حضور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 791

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُضُور (ḥuḍūr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hu.ˈzuːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊ.zúːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.zúːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.zúɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ho.zúːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hu.zúɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	huzūr
Dari reading^?	huzūr
Iranian reading^?	hozur
Tajik reading^?	huzur

Noun

حضور • (hozur)

presence
- c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 21”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎^[3]:
  خیال در همه عالم برفت و بازآمد
  که از حضور تو خوشتر ندید جایی را
  xayāl dar hama ālam biraft u bāz āmad
  ki az huzūr-i tu xwaštar na-dīd jāyē rā
  My reveries set off for the whole world and came back,
  For it had seen no place better than your side.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

حضور داشتن (hozur dâštan, “to be present”)
حضوراً (hozuran)
حضوری (hozuri)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (huzūr), from Arabic حُضُور (ḥuḍūr).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦʊ.zuːɾ/, /ɦə.zuːɾ/
Rhymes: -uːɾ

Noun

حُضُوْر • (huẓūr) m (Hindi spelling हुज़ू्र)

References

“حضور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“حضور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.