Hadrat
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is an honourific Arabic title used to honour a person. The literal translation of Hadrah is "Presence". In usage it is comparable to traditional Western honorifics addressing high officials, such as (for judges) "your honour", (for royalty) "your majesty" or (for high clergy) "your holiness".
The term was also loaned into Turkish
and Bosnian
as hazreti.
Examples of Hazrat used as a title are: Hazrat Muhammad
, Hazrat Ali
, Hazrat Umar Farooq
, Hazrat Uthman
, Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq
, and Hazrat Hajar (Hagar)
South Asian Muslims usually prepend the word Hazrat to the names of venerable persons as a mark of respect. Thus, this word may often appear before the names of Muslim personalities.
The term was also loaned into Turkish
Ottoman Turkish language
The Ottoman Turkish language or Ottoman language is the variety of the Turkish language that was used for administrative and literary purposes in the Ottoman Empire. It borrows extensively from Arabic and Persian, and was written in a variant of the Perso-Arabic script...
and Bosnian
Bosnian language
Bosnian is a South Slavic language, spoken by Bosniaks. As a standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect, it is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina....
as hazreti.
Examples of Hazrat used as a title are: Hazrat Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
, Hazrat Ali
Ali
' |Ramaḍān]], 40 AH; approximately October 23, 598 or 600 or March 17, 599 – January 27, 661).His father's name was Abu Talib. Ali was also the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and ruled over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661, and was the first male convert to Islam...
, Hazrat Umar Farooq
Umar
`Umar ibn al-Khattāb c. 2 November , was a leading companion and adviser to the Islamic prophet Muhammad who later became the second Muslim Caliph after Muhammad's death....
, Hazrat Uthman
Uthman
Uthman ibn Affan was one of the companions of Islamic prophet, Muhammad. He played a major role in early Islamic history as the third Sunni Rashidun or Rightly Guided Caliph....
, Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq
Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr was a senior companion and the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632-634 CE when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death...
, and Hazrat Hajar (Hagar)
Hagar
-People:* Hagar , handmaid of Sarah and mother of Abraham's son Ishmael* Hagar Finer, Israeli WIBF bantamweight champion* Albert Hagar, Canadian politician* Mandy Hagar, New Zealand children's author...
South Asian Muslims usually prepend the word Hazrat to the names of venerable persons as a mark of respect. Thus, this word may often appear before the names of Muslim personalities.