dhuhr

English

Alternative forms

• zuhr
• dhuhur

Etymology

From Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr, “noon”), in صَلَاة اَلظُّهْر (ṣalāt aẓ-ẓuhr, “noon prayer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈðʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈðʊhə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ʊhə(ɹ)

Noun

dhuhr (uncountable)

1. (Islam) The midday Islamic prayer.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 55:

     Each afternoon – immediately following the dhuhur or midday prayers – he was summoned to Fatima's tent for a question-and-answer period.

   • 2010, Kylie Sturgess, The Lay Scientist, The Guardian (online), 10 Nov 2010:

     It is 1999 and I am told that, as an employee of the nation of Islam, one of my duties is to supervise the female students of the college while they participate in Dhuhr.

Translations

noon prayer

• Arabic: صَلَاة اَلظُّهْر f (ṣalāt aẓ-ẓuhr), ظُهْر (ar) m (ẓuhr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 晌禮／晌礼 (shǎnglǐ)

• French: dhohr
• German: Mittagsgebet n, Dhuhr
• Hausa: azahar
• Indonesian: Zuhur (id)
• Persian: نماز ظهر (namâz-e zohr)
• Punjabi:

  Shahmukhi: پیشی f (peśī)

• Russian: зухр m (zuxr)
• Turkish: öğle namazı (tr)