حضرتك

Arabic

Etymology

حَضْرَة‎ (ḥaḍra, “presence”) + كَ/كِ‎ (ka/ki, “your”); "your presence" (i.e. "your grace"). Compare Spanish usted (from vuestra merced (“your mercy”)), and the cognate Portuguese term você.

Pronoun

حَضْرَتُكَ • (ḥaḍratuka) m

  1. (formal) you (polite second-person personal pronoun)

Usage notes

Declension

Egyptian Arabic

Pronoun

حضرتك • (ḥadretak or ḥadretik)

  1. you (formal)
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