حضر

حَضَرٌ حضر : see حَضْرَةٌ. -A2- Also, (S, A, Msb, K,) and ↓ حَاضِرَةٌ (S, A, K) and ↓ حَضْرَةٌ and ↓ حِضَارَةٌ and ↓ حَضَارَةٌ, (K,) [or the last two are app. only inf. ns. of حَضَرَ as contr. of بَدَا,] A region, district, or tract, of cities, towns, or villages, and of cultivated land; (S;) contr. of بَدْوٌ (S, A, Msb) and بَادِيَةٌ: (S, K:) pl. [of the second] حَوَاضِرُ. (A.) You say, هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الحَضَرِ (A) and ↓ الحَاضِرَةِ (S, A) and الحَوَاضِرِ (A) He is of the people of the region, or regions, &c., of cities, towns, or villages, and of cultivated land; (S, A; *) contr. of مِنْ أَهْلِ البَادِيَةِ. (S.) ― -b2- And the first signifies also Residence at home; contr. of سَفَرٌ. (M and K in art. سفر.)