مغرب

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Arabic

Root
غ ر ب (ḡ r b)
16 terms

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

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
      Abraham said: Lo! Allah causeth the sun to rise in the East, so do thou cause it to come up from the West. Thus was the disbeliever abashed.
  3. evening

Declension

Descendants

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

Borrowed from Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mağriḇ
Dari reading? mağrib
Iranian reading? mağreb
Tajik reading? maġrib

Noun

Dari مغرب
Iranian Persian
Tajik мағриб

مغرب (mağreb)

  1. west

Proper noun

Dari مغرب
Iranian Persian
Tajik Мағриб

مغرب (mağreb)

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

Further reading

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib).

Pronunciation

Noun

مَغْرَبُ (maƣrabu? (Devanagari मग़रबु)

  1. west

References

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “مَغْرَبُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

South Levantine Arabic

Root
غ ر ب
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɣ.rib/,
  • 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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib).

Noun

مَغْرِب (maġribm (Hindi spelling मग़रिब)

  1. the west, the West
    Synonym: پَشْچِم (paścim)
  2. (Islam) maghrib