How to say "noon, midday" in Arabic
CognateMeaningnoon, midday
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ظُهْر
ẓuhrט'הר
ظهر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
צהריים
tsohorayimتْسُوهُورَايِم
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ظ-ه-رHebrew root
צ-ה-רThe ظ↔צ correspondence in action: ẓuhr and צהריים are built on the same root (compare Arabic ẓahīra, 'midday heat') — the same ظ↔צ swap as ẓill ↔ צל (shadow).
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
ضُهُر
ḍuhurצ'הרIn the dialect ظ is pronounced like ḍ: iḍ-ḍuhur.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
ضُهْر
ḍuhrצ'הרCairo too: ḍuhr — baʿd iḍ-ḍuhr, 'in the afternoon'.
In a phrase
بَعْدَ الظُّهْر
baʿda aẓ-ẓuhrבעד א-ט'הרin the afternoon