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)
- (Islam) The midday Islamic prayer.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 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.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 55:
Translations
noon prayer
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