The Arabic word ḥaá¸Âra (, ; construct state: ḥaá¸Ârat; plural: ḥaá¸ÂrÃÂt), and its derivatives in languages of the Persianate world (; ; ; ; ) are used to form various styles in the Arab world, Iran, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Afghanistan, Central Asia and South Asia. In Urdu, the term has also come to be formally used to refer to a male in general, such as in the literary phrase ().
In Arabic styles, the word ḥaá¸Âra is used in its construct state ( ḥaá¸Ârat), followed by a possessive suffix (e.g. ḥaá¸Âratuka for a man or ḥaá¸Âratuki for a woman) or by a noun in the genitive case (e.g. ḥaá¸Âratu l-þustÃÂá¸Âi for a male professor or ḥaá¸Âratu l-þustÃÂá¸Âati for a female professor). In Persian styles, the word ḥaà ¼rat is typically used with an ezafe followed by the complement (e.g. hazrat-e [â¦]). In Turkish styles, the word hazret may be found in the plural with possessive form, as an honorary suffix (e.g. ).
The title is used for the prophets of the Islamic faith in Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Turki, Urdu, etc. The twenty-five great Hazrat include Muhammad, Abraham, Noah, Moses, and Jesus. It carries connotations of the charismatic and is comparable to traditional English honorifics addressing high officials, such as "Your Honour" (for judges), "Your Majesty" (for monarchs), or "Your Holiness" (for clerics).
This word may sometimes also appear after the names of respected Muslims, such as imams, sheikhs, and ulama e.g. Turkish ('his Hadrat') in Islamic culture. This is similar to the French honorifics and , and Japanese honorific. The term was also loaned by Turkish into Albanian and Bosnian as . In Urdu, the term is formally used to refer to a male in general, such as in the literary phrase (, ), while () is more common in informal contexts.
The term is not exclusively used by Muslims, as Arabic and Persian-speaking Bahá'ÃÂs also use the term to refer to individuals of religious significance, such as prophets and their successors.
Hasrat (the Persianate pronunciation of hadra) is a common takhallus (pen name) for Muslim poets in the Indian subcontinent.