Magħreb

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Maltese

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Root
għ-r-b (distantness)
4 terms
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic الْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib). The sense “North Africa” is likely not inherited, but a semantic loan from Italian Magreb, English Maghreb, themselves borrowed from the Arabic. Doublet of Magreb (Romance-based).

Proper noun

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il-Magħreb m

  1. the Maghreb
  2. (by extension) North Africa
  3. (purist) Morocco (a country in North Africa)
    Synonym: Marokk
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, sunset).

Noun

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magħreb m

  1. (Islam) maghrib, the sunset time of the Islamic prayer
    Synonym: nżul ix-xemx
    Fit-talba tal-Misilmin, il-ħin tal-magħreb huwa wara l-ħin tal-għasar, wara li nżul ix-xemx.
    In the prayer of the Muslims, the time of maghrib is after the time of asar, that is after sunset.
  2. (obsolete, very archaic) the west/West
    Synonyms: (usual) punent, (archaic) għarb