حضور

See also: خصور

Arabic

Root
ح ض ر (ḥ ḍ r)
17 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħu.dˤuːr/
• Rhymes: -uːr

Noun

حُضُور • (ḥuḍūr) m

1. verbal noun of حَضَرَ (ḥaḍara) (form I)
2. presence
3. appearance, approach
4. waiting, attendance, ceremonious call
5. royal presence, court, government
6. quietude, tranquility of mind, ease

Declension

Declension of noun حُضُور (ḥuḍūr)

singular	basic singular triptote
	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: hüzur
• → Bengali: হুজুর (hujur)
• → Hindi: हुज़ूर (huzūr)
• → Persian: حضور
• → Ottoman Turkish: حضور
  • Turkish: huzur
  • → Romanian: huzur
• → Turkmen: hözir, huzur
• → Uyghur: ھۇزۇر (huzur)
• → Uzbek: huzur

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of حَضَرَ (ḥaḍara).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

حُضُور • (ḥuḍūr) m pl

1. plural of حَاضِر (ḥāḍir)

Adjective

حُضُور • (ḥuḍūr)

1. 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

Derived from Arabic حُضُور (ḥuḍūr).

Noun

حضور • (huzur)

1. peace of mind, quiet, ease
2. 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.ˈzuːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊ.zúːɾ]

• (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]

• Rhymes: -uːr

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

Noun

حضور • (hozur)

1. 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

Etymology tree

Arabic حُضُور (ḥuḍūr)bor.

Classical Persian حُضُور (huzūr)bor.

Urdu حضور

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

حُضُور • (huzūr) m (Hindi spelling हुज़ूर)

1. huzoor
2. beloved
3. master

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, 2026.