ضهر

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ض ه ر
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic ظَهَرَ (ẓahara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤhar/

Verb

ضهر • (ḍhar) I (non-past يضهر (yiḍhar))

1. to be visible
2. to think (to conceive of something or someone)

Conjugation

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Etymology 2

From Arabic ظَهْر (ẓahr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤhar/

Noun

ضهر • (ḍhar) m (plural ضهور (ḍhūr) or ضهورة (ḍhūra))

1. (anatomy) back

Etymology 3

From Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤuhr/, /dˤhur/

Noun

ضُهْر or ضْهُر • (ḍuhr or ḍhur) m (plural ضهور (ḍhūr) or ضهورة (ḍhūra))

1. noon

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North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ظَهَرَ (ẓahara, “to appear, become visible”).

Verb

ضهر • (ḍahar) (non-past يضهر (yiḍhar))

1. to go out; to go outside

   رح اضهر اتمشى شوي بالشارع.

   raḥ iḍhar itmašša šway bi-š-šēriʿ.

   I’m going out to take a walk in the street.

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤuhr/

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

ضهر • (ḍuhr) m

1. noon

   بعد الضهر ― baʕd iḍ-ḍuhr ― afternoon

2. time, instance

   Synonym: مرّة (marra)

See also

• (times of day) أوقات اليوم (ʔawʔāt il-yōm); نهار (nhār, “daytime”), فجر (fajr, “dawn”), صبحية (ṣabaḥiyye, “early morning”), صبح (ṣubḥ, “morning”), ضهر (ḍuhr, “noon”), عصر (ʕaṣr, “late afternoon”), مغرب (maḡreb, “sunset”), مسا (masa, “evening”), ليل (lēl, “nighttime”) ^{(Category: ajp:Times of day)}

Etymology 2

From Arabic ظَهْر (ẓahr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤahr/

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Noun

ضهر • (ḍahr) m

1. back (of the body)