ظهر

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See also: طهر and ظ ه ر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ظ ه ر (ẓ-h-r)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðˤa.ha.ra/
  • (file)

Verb

ظَهَرَ (ẓahara) I, non-past يَظْهَرُ‎ (yaẓharu)

  1. to be outward, to be external, on the surface
  2. to be visible, to become visible, to be manifest, to become manifest
  3. to be perceptible, to become perceptible, to be obvious, to become obvious
  4. to be clear, to become clear, to be evident, to become evident
  5. to come to light, to appear, to emerge
    اَلْكَلِمَةُ يَظْهَرُ فِي الجَسَدَ
    al-kalimatu yaẓharu fī l-jasada
    The Word Appears in the Flesh (a book presenting beliefs of The Church of Almighty God)
  6. to seem
  7. to come out, to be published
  8. to arise, to result
  9. (transitive) to climb, to mount, to ascend
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

ظَهَّرَ (ẓahhara) II, non-past يُظَهِّرُ‎ (yuẓahhiru)

  1. to endorse
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

ظَهْر (ẓahrm (plural ظُهُور (ẓuhūr) or أَظْهُر (ʔaẓhur))

  1. back, rear, reverse
  2. deck, surface, top
  3. (anatomy) back
  4. cast iron
Declension

Etymology 4

Root
ظ ه ر (ẓ-h-r)

Cognate to Hebrew צהריים \ צָהֳרַיִם (tsohoráyim) and צוהר \ צֹהַר (tsóhar), and Aramaic טהרא (ṭahrā).

Pronunciation

Noun

ظُهْر (ẓuhrm (plural أَظْهَار (ʔaẓhār))

  1. noon, midday
  2. (Islam) midday prayer
  3. afternoon, p.m.
Declension
Descendants
  • Hijazi Arabic: ظُهُر (ḍuhur)
  • South Levantine Arabic: ضُهُر (ḍuhur)
  • English: dhuhr
  • Indonesian: zuhur
  • Persian: ظهر (zohr)
  • Swahili: adhuhuri

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ظهر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ظ ه ر
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dˤu.hur/, /ðˤu.hur/

Noun

ظهر (ḍuhurm (construct state ظُهْر (ḍuhr), plural أظهار (ʔaḍhār))

  1. noon, midday
  2. (Islam) midday prayer

Etymology 2

From Arabic ظَهْر (ẓahr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dˤa.har/, /ðˤa.har/

Noun

ظهر (ḍaharm (construct state ظَهْر (ḍahr), plural ظُهُور (ḍuhūr))

  1. (anatomy) back

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zuhr
Dari reading? zohr
Iranian reading? zohr
Tajik reading? zühr

Noun

Dari ظهر
Iranian Persian
Tajik зӯҳр

ظهر (zohr)

  1. noon, midday
    Synonym: نیمروز (nimruz)

Etymology 2

From Arabic ظَهْر (ẓahr).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zahr
Dari reading? zahr
Iranian reading? zahr
Tajik reading? zahr

Noun

ظهر (zahr)

  1. (anatomy, obsolete) back
    Synonym: پشت (pošt)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ظ ه ر
1 term

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Arabic ظَهَرَ (ẓahara).

Pronunciation

Verb

ظهر (ẓahar) I (present بظهر (biẓhir))

  1. to appear, to seem
    Synonym: بيّن (bayyan)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of ظهر (ẓahar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ظهرت (ẓahart) ظهرت (ẓahart) ظهر (ẓahar) ظهرنا (ẓaharna) ظهرتو (ẓahartu) ظهرو (ẓaharu)
f ظهرتي (ẓaharti) ظهرت (ẓahrat)
present m بظهر (baẓhir) بتظهر (btiẓhir) بظهر (biẓhir) منظهر (mniẓhir) بتظهرو (btiẓhiru) بظهرو (biẓhiru)
f بتظهري (btiẓhiri) بتظهر (btiẓhir)
subjunctive m أظهر (ʔaẓhir) تظهر (tiẓhir) يظهر (yiẓhir) نظهر (niẓhir) تظهرو (tiẓhiru) يظهرو (yiẓhiru)
f تظهري (tiẓhiri) تظهر (tiẓhir)
imperative m اظهر (iẓhir) اظهرو (iẓhiru)
f اظهري (iẓhiri)

Etymology 2

From Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr).

Pronunciation

Noun

ظهر (ḍuhrm

  1. noon
    بعد الظهرbaʕd iḍ-ḍuhrafternoon
  2. time, instance
    Synonym: مرّة (marra)

Etymology 3

From Arabic ظَهْر (ẓahr).

Pronunciation

Noun

ظهر (ḍahrm

  1. back (of the body)