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noon, midday; (f.) midday prayer (Isl. Law) | baʕd al-ẓ., adv., in the afternoon, p.m.; qabl al-ẓ., adv., in the forenoon, a.m.; qabl ẓ. ʔams, adv., yesterday morning – WehrCowan1979.

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According to DRS 10 (2012)#ẒHR, »[l]es valeurs les plus fréquentes [of the root ẒHR] sont fondées sur la notion de ‘dos’ [↗ẓahr ]: surface supérieure, prêter le dos, adosser, tourner le dos, etc. Les dictionnaires arabes montrent bien les rapports entre ces usages métaphoriques, fréquents d’ailleurs dans bien d’autres langues.«

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▪ DRS 10 (2012)#ẒHR-2. Hbr ṣāḫ^ārayim, Aram ṭēhᵃrā, Syr ṭahrā, Ar ẓuhr, Mhr Ḥrs ẓahr, Jib ẓohur ‘midi’.
Cf. also other items of ↗√ẒHR.

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► ẓahara, a (ẓuhūr), vb. I, to ascend, climb, mount; to gain the upperhand, to triumph (ʕalà over), get the better (ʕalà of), overcome, overwhelm, conquer, vanquish (ʕalà s.o.); to get (ʕalà s.th.) into one’s power; to gain or have knowledge (ʕalà of), come to know (ʕalà s.th.), become acquainted (ʕalà with); to know (ʕalà s.th.); to learn, receive information (ʕalà about); to be cognizant (ʕalà of); to learn (ʕalà s.th.) : denom. from ẓahr (to get on top of s.th.) or from ẓuhr (to rise above s.th. like the sun at noon)? – For other meanings ↗ẓahara ‘to appear, seem, become visible, evident’.
► ʔaẓhara, vb. IV, to grant victory (ʕalà over), render victorious; to acquaint (s.o. ʕalà with s.th.), initiate (s.o. ʕalà into s.th.), give knowledge or information (ʕalà about), inform, enlighten, explain; to let (s.o.) in on s.th. (ʕalà), make (s.o.) realize (ʕalà s.th.); to show, reveal (ʕalà s.th.): (caus., but semantics not clear, may also be from ↗ẓahara ‘to appear, seem, become visible’ or from ↗ẓahr ‘back; top’). – For other meanings ↗ẓahara.
► ĭstaẓhara, vb. X, to overcome, surmount, conquer, vanquish (ʕalà s.o., s.th.), have or gain the upperhand (ʕalà over), get the better (ʕalà of): t-stem of IV. – For other meanings ↗ẓahr and ↗ẓahara.

► ^BP#4925ẓahīraẗ, n.f., noon, midday, midday heat: ints.f.

► For other items of the root cf. ↗√ẒHR, ↗ẓahr, ↗ẓahara.

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