مغرب

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/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /muɣ.rub/

Noun

مَغْرِب (maḡrib) m, 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

Declension

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: مَغْرِب (məʁrɪb)
  • Bengali: মাগরিব (magorib)
  • Persian: مغرب (mağreb)
  • Malay: مغرب (maghrib)
  • Ottoman Turkish: مغرب (maġrib)
    > Turkish: mağrip, Mağrip (inherited)
  • Swahili: magharibi
  • Tausug: magrib

Verb

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

  1. to Moroccanize, to make Moroccan

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maɣ(ə)rep], [maɡ(ə)rep]
  • Rhymes: -ərep, -rep, -ep

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

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /maɣɾɪb/

    Proper noun

    Dari مغرب
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik Мағриб (Maġrib)

    مغرب (mağreb)

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

    South Levantine Arabic

    Root
    غ ر ب

    Etymology

    From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib).

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    مغرب (maḡreb, muḡreb) m

    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

    • (times of day) أوقات اليوم (ʔawʔāt il-yōm); نهار (nhār, daytime), فجر (fajr, dawn), صبحية (ṣabaḥiyye, early morning), صبح (ṣubḥ, morning), ضهر (ḍuhr, noon), عصر (ʕaṣr, late afternoon), مغرب (maḡreb, sunset), مسا (masa, evening), ليل (lēl, nighttime) (Category: ajp:Times of day)
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