Skip navigation.

dhuhr - What does it mean?

Definition of 'dhuhr'

English

(zuhr prayer)

Alternative forms

*zuhr *dhuhur

Noun

(-)
  • (Islam) The midday Islamic prayer.
  • *1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 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 .
  • Synonyms

    * noon prayer

    Similar to 'dhuhr'

    dear, deer, door, dier, doer, dyer, dour, duar, douar, dower, dewier, dauer, dewar, dyor, darr, dtor, dayer, dorr