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ظَهِيرَة
noon, midday /ðˤɑˈhiːrɐ/
nounB1#2682 most common
Also: the heat of midday, high noon
Example sentences
فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ الشَّمْسُ حَارَّةٌ.
At noon the sun is hot.
أَسْتَيْقِظُ قَبْلَ الظَّهِيرَةِ بِسَاعَةٍ.
I wake up an hour before noon.
نَلْتَقِي كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ لِتَنَاوُلِ الغَدَاءِ.
We meet every day at noon to have lunch.
كَانَتْ ظَهِيرَةُ الصَّيْفِ شَدِيدَةَ الحَرِّ حَتَّى أَغْلَقَتِ المَحَالُّ أَبْوَابَهَا.
The summer noon was so intensely hot that the shops closed their doors.
تَمْتَدُّ القَيْلُولَةُ فِي بَعْضِ البُلْدَانِ العَرَبِيَّةِ مِنَ الظَّهِيرَةِ حَتَّى مُنْتَصَفِ العَصْرِ.
In some Arab countries, the midday nap stretches from noon until mid-afternoon.
لَمْ تَكَدْ ظَهِيرَةُ ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ القَائِظِ تَمُرُّ حَتَّى خَيَّمَ سُكُونٌ ثَقِيلٌ عَلَى المَدِينَةِ بِأَسْرِهَا.
That scorching day's noon had barely passed before a heavy stillness settled over the whole city.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ظَهِيرَةٌ | ظَهِيرَاتٌ |
| Genitive | ظَهِيرَةٍ | ظَهِيرَاتٍ |
| Accusative | ظَهِيرَةً | ظَهِيرَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا ظَهِيرَةُ | يَا ظَهِيرَاتُ |
Word family
ظُهْرnoon, the noon prayerظَهْرback (of the body)
ظَهَرَto appear, become visible
مَظْهَرappearance, aspectظَاهِرapparent, outward, visible
Etymology
Ẓahīrah comes from the Semitic root ẓ-h-r, the same root behind ẓahara, meaning to appear or become visible. Noon marks the moment the sun stands at its most visible and direct point overhead, and the same root gives Arabic the word for back (ẓahr), since at noon a person's shadow shrinks and one effectively stands with the sun overhead rather than in front. The word is a native Semitic formation, not a borrowing.
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