مغرب

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Noun of place from the root غ ر ب(ḡ-r-b) of غَرْب(ḡarb, west, occident). Compare Hebrew מַעֲרָב(maʿărāḇ) and Aramaic ܡܥܪܒܐ(maʿrəḇā)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

مَغْرِب (maḡribm, dual مَغْرِبَان(maḡribān), plural مَغَارِب(maḡārib)

  1. place or time of sunset
  2. west
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:258:
      قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْتِي بِالشَّمْسِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَأْتِ بِهَا مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَبُهِتَ الَّذِي كَفَرَ
      qāla ʔibrāhīmu faʔinna l-laha yaʔtī bi-š-šamsi mina l-mašriqi faʔti bihā mina al-maḡribi fabuhita allaḏī kafara
      When Abraham said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and causes death," he said, "I give life and cause death."
  3. evening

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Descendants[edit]

  • Gulf Arabic: مَغْرِب(məʁrɪb)
  • Bengali: মাগরিব (magorib)
  • Persian: مغرب(mağreb)
  • Malay: مغرب(maghrib)
  • Swahili: magharibi
  • Tausug: magrib

Verb[edit]

مَغْرَبَ (maḡraba) Iq, non-past يُمَغْرِبُ‎‎ (yumaḡribu)

  1. to Moroccanize, to make Moroccan

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Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic مَغْرِب(maḡrib).

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Noun[edit]

مغرب (Rumi spelling maghrib, informal 1st possessive مغربکو‎, 2nd possessive مغربمو‎, 3rd possessive مغربڽ‎)

  1. west (compass point)

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Coordinate terms[edit]

بارت لاءوت اوتارا تيمور لاءوت
بارت تيمور
بارت داي سلاتن تڠݢارا

Adjective[edit]

مغرب (Rumi spelling maghrib)

  1. west (towards the west)
  2. west (western)
  3. west (occidental)

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic مَغْرِب(maḡrib).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Dari مغرب
Iranian Persian
Tajik Мағриб (Maġrib)

مغرب (mağreb)

  1. Maghreb
  2. Morocco
    Synonym: مراکش(marâkeš)

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
غ ر ب

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic مَغْرِب(maḡrib).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maɣ.rib/, [ˈmaɣ.rɪb]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

مغرب (maḡreb, muḡrebm

  1. sunset
    صلاة المغرب‎ ― ṣalāt il-maḡrebthe evening prayer

Derived terms[edit]

  • المغرب(il-maḡreb, North Africa; Morocco, literally the place where the sun sets)

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