ضهر

See also: ظهر and صهر

Arabic

Etymology

Belong to the root ض ه ر (ḍ-h-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤahr/

Noun

ضَهْر • (ḍahr) m (plural ضَوَاهِر (ḍawāhir))

1. (obsolete) a mountaintop, a summit

   Synonyms: قِمَّة (qimma), سَمَاء (samāʔ)

2. (obsolete) a rock or spot in a mountain which has a different color
3. (obsolete) valley

   Synonym: وَادٍ (wādin)

4. (obsolete) turtle, tortoise

   Synonym: سُلَحْفَاة (sulaḥfāh)

Declension

Declension of noun ضَهْر (ḍahr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَهْر ḍahr	الضَّهْر aḍ-ḍahr	ضَهْر ḍahr
Nominative	ضَهْرٌ ḍahrun	الضَّهْرُ aḍ-ḍahru	ضَهْرُ ḍahru
Accusative	ضَهْرًا ḍahran	الضَّهْرَ aḍ-ḍahra	ضَهْرَ ḍahra
Genitive	ضَهْرٍ ḍahrin	الضَّهْرِ aḍ-ḍahri	ضَهْرِ ḍahri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَهْرَيْن ḍahrayn	الضَّهْرَيْن aḍ-ḍahrayn	ضَهْرَيْ ḍahray
Nominative	ضَهْرَانِ ḍahrāni	الضَّهْرَانِ aḍ-ḍahrāni	ضَهْرَا ḍahrā
Accusative	ضَهْرَيْنِ ḍahrayni	الضَّهْرَيْنِ aḍ-ḍahrayni	ضَهْرَيْ ḍahray
Genitive	ضَهْرَيْنِ ḍahrayni	الضَّهْرَيْنِ aḍ-ḍahrayni	ضَهْرَيْ ḍahray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَوَاهِر ḍawāhir	الضَّوَاهِر aḍ-ḍawāhir	ضَوَاهِر ḍawāhir
Nominative	ضَوَاهِرُ ḍawāhiru	الضَّوَاهِرُ aḍ-ḍawāhiru	ضَوَاهِرُ ḍawāhiru
Accusative	ضَوَاهِرَ ḍawāhira	الضَّوَاهِرَ aḍ-ḍawāhira	ضَوَاهِرَ ḍawāhira
Genitive	ضَوَاهِرَ ḍawāhira	الضَّوَاهِرِ aḍ-ḍawāhiri	ضَوَاهِرِ ḍawāhiri

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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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

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.

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤuhr/, [ˈdˤʊ.h(o)rˤ]

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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/, [ˈdˤɑ.h(ɪ)rˤ]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

ضهر • (ḍahr) m

1. back (of the body)