A1noun
ظُهْر
ẓuhr
noon / midday
Example
نَتَنَاوَلُ الْغَدَاءَ عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ
natanāwalu al-ghadāʾa ʿinda aẓ-ẓuhri
We eat lunch at noon
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Arabic root
ظ-ه-ر
4 words from this root family
A2noun
ظَهْر
ẓahr
back
Example
أَشْعُر بِأَلَم في ظَهْري.
ashʿur bi-alam fī ẓahrī.
I feel pain in my back.
B2noun
ظَاهِرَة
ẓāhira
phenomenon
Example
دَرَسَ العُلَماءُ هذِهِ الظّاهِرَةَ بِعِنايَة.
darasa l-ʿulamāʾu hādhihi ẓ-ẓāhirata bi-ʿināya.
Scientists studied this phenomenon carefully.
B1adjective
ظَاهِرٌ
ẓāhir
apparent / outward / manifest
Example
هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ
huwa al-Awwalu wal-Ākhiru waẓ-Ẓāhiru wal-Bāṭin
He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden (57:3)
Grammar
Active participle of ظَهَرَ (to appear/manifest). As a divine name: الظَّاهِرُ (The Manifest). Opposite: الْبَاطِنُ (The Hidden).
Culture
These four divine names together encompass all dimensions — God is beyond time (First/Last) and beyond space (Manifest/Hidden).