צהריים

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
צ־ה־ר (ts-h-r)

Cognate with Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr) and Aramaic טהרא (ṭahrā). For use of the dual, compare ערביים / עַרְבַּיִם (arbáyim, “twilight, dusk”). Equivalent to the dual of צוהר / צֹהַר (tsóhar). Perhaps distantly related to זוהר / זֹהַר (zóhar).

Pronunciation

Noun

צהריים / צָהֳרַיִם • (tsohoráyim) m du

  1. Noon, midday.
    • ניב דמירל, בחגים
      הפסקתי לישון עד אחרי צהריים
      hifsákti lishón ad akharé tsohoráyim
      I stopped sleeping until after noon.
  2. Lunch: shorthand for ארוחת צהריים (arukhát-tsohoráyim).
    • 2011 July 7, בלה פלור (Béla Flór?), "אנחנו התותחים של האהבה שלנו" (anákhnu hatotakhím shél ha'ahavá shelánu, "We Are the Cannons of Our Love"), in Ynet:
      אכלנו צהריים, דפדפנו בחוסר ענין בעיתונים ודיברנו על אהבה.
      akhálnu tsohoráyim, difdáfnu b'khóser inyán ba'itoním v'dibárnu ál ahavá.
      We ate lunch, leafed uninterestedly through the newspapers, and talked about love.

Derived terms

References

  • “צהרים” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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