dhuhr

• zuhr
• dhuhur

From Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr, “noon”), in صَلَاة اَلظُّهْر (ṣalāt aẓ-ẓuhr, “noon prayer”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈðʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈðʊhə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ʊhə(ɹ)

dhuhr (uncountable)

1. (Islam) The midday Islamic prayer.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 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.