مغرب

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Arabic

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /maɣ.rib/
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Noun

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 llaḏī 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

Declension

Descendants

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

Verb

مَغْرَبَ (maḡraba) Iq (non-past يُمَغْرِبُ (yumaḡribu), verbal noun مَغْرَبَة (maḡraba))

  1. to Moroccanize, to make Moroccan

Conjugation

Derived terms

References


Malay

Etymology

From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. west (compass point)

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

بارت لاءوت اوتارا تيمور لاءوت
بارت تيمور
بارت داي سلاتن تڠݢارا

Adjective

مغرب (Rumi spelling maghrib)

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

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? m
Dari reading? m
Iranian reading? m
Tajik reading? m

Proper noun

Dari مغرب
Iranian Persian
Tajik Мағриб

مغرب (mağreb)

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
غ ر ب
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

مغرب (maḡreb, muḡrebm

  1. sunset
    صلاة المغربṣalāt il-maḡrebthe evening prayer

Derived terms

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

See also