צהריים

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
⁧צ־ה־ר⁩ (ṣ-h-r)

Cognate with Arabic ⁧ظُهْر⁩ (ẓuhr) and Aramaic ⁧טהרא⁩ (ṭahrā). For use of the dual, compare ⁧ערביים / עַרְבַּיִם⁩ ('arbáyim, “twilight, dusk”). Equivalent to the dual of ⁧צוהר / צֹהַר⁩ (tsóhar). Perhaps distantly related to ⁧זוהר / זֹהַר⁩ (zóhar).

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /t͡so(h)oˈʁajim/
  • (file)

Noun

⁧צהריים / צָהֳרַיִם⁩ • (tsohoráyim) m du

  1. Noon, midday.
    • ⁧ניב דמירל, בחגים⁩
      ⁧הפסקתי לישון עד אחרי צהריים⁩
      hifsakti lishon ad akhrei tsaharáyim
      I stopped sleeping until after noon.
  2. Lunch: shorthand for ⁧ארוחת צהריים⁩ (arukhát-tsohoráyim).
    • 2011 July 7, ⁧בלה פלור⁩ (Béla Flór?), "⁧אנחנו התותחים של האהבה שלנו⁩" (anákhnu hatotakhím shél ha'ahavá shelánu, "We Are the Cannons of Our Love"), in Ynet:
      ⁧⁧אכלנו צהריים, דפדפנו בחוסר ענין בעיתונים ודיברנו על אהבה.⁩⁩
      akhálnu tsohoráyim, difdáfnu b'khóser inyán ba'itoním v'dibárnu ál ahavá.
      We ate lunch, leafed uninterestedly through the newspapers, and talked about love.

Derived terms

References

  • “⁧צהרים⁩” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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