▪ Originally a n.loc. of ↗ḥaḍara, the basic meaning of maḥḍar is *ʻplace in which s.o. is present, place where people come together’. The word for the place then also came to mean [v3] the ʻ assembly, meeting, gathering, convention’ itself as well as [v1] and [v2], the act of gathering and being present in such a place. [v4] seems to be a special development, originally signifying *‘report written in the presence of…’. ▪ …
►bi-maḥḍarin min-hu, expr. in s.o.’s presenceFor other values attached to the root, see ↗ḥaḍara, ↗ḥuḍūr, ↗ḥāḍir, ḥaḍḍara, ↗ĭḥtaḍara, ↗ḥaḍar, ↗ḥaḍraẗ, ↗ḥaḍāraẗ, ↗ḥaḍīraẗ, ↗muḥāḍaraẗ.