ظهر

ظُهْرٌ ذ Midday, or noon: (IAth, TA:) or the time when the sun declines from the meridian: (Msb, * K, * O, * TA:) or [the time immediately ] after the declining of the sun: (S, Mgh:) masc. and fem.; unless when the word صَلَاة is prefixed to it, in which case it is fem. only: (Msb:) [pl. أَظْهَارٌ. See also ظَهِيرَةٌ.] صَلَاةُ الظُّهْرِ means The prayer [i. e. the divinely-ordained prayer ] of midday, or noon: (IAth, TA:) or of the time after the declining of the sun. (S, O.) In the phrases أَبْرِدُوا بِالظُّهْرِ [ Defer ye the prayer of midday until the cooler time of day ] and صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ [ He performed the prayer of midday ], the prefixed noun (صَلَاة) is suppressed. (Mgh.) -A2- سَالَ وَادِيهِمْ ظُهْرًا: see ظَهْرٌ, last quarter.