Etymology

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).