huzoor
huzoor noun: a potentate; often used as a term of respect.
Noun
huzoor (plural huzoors)
- A potentate; often used as a term of respect.
- "What are you using to thread the flowers?" I asked curiously.
"A woman's hair, Huzoor. It is always the hair of a woman who has died, but whose child has lived, that is used for Mai Âtma's crown. Shall I tell the story, Huzoor?"
"Was she beautiful?" I asked irrelevantly, why I know not.
"I do not...1903, Flora Annie Steel, In the Guardianship of God, Read Books, published 2019, unnumbered page - ‘Here is my card. Call me a tonga.’
‘Huzoor, all are at the Club.’1924, E. M. Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 15
- "What are you using to thread the flowers?" I asked curiously.
huzoor meaning in Urdu and Bengali
huzoor in Urdu
- huzoor
- حضور huzūr
huzoor in Bengali
- huzoor, Muslim teacher, leader or scholar
- হুজুর hujur
Forms of huzoor
| plural | huzoors |
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Origin of huzoor
Ultimately from Arabic حُضُور (ḥuḍūr).
Questions about huzoor
- What does huzoor mean?
- Huzoor means a potentate; often used as a term of respect.
- What is huzoor in Urdu?
- Huzoor in Urdu is حضور (huzūr). See Huzoor meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is huzoor?
- Huzoor is a noun.
- What is the plural of huzoor?
- The plural of huzoor is huzoors.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: huzoor (page history and authors); حضور (Urdu) (page history and authors); হুজুর (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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