# 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: /maɣ.rib/
* Rhymes: -ib
** (Moroccan, Libyan) IPA: /muɣ.rub/

### Noun

مَغْرِب • (maḡrib) m (dual مَغْرِبَان (maḡribān), plural مَغَارِب (maḡārib))
* place or time of sunset
    Coordinate term: مَطْلَع (maṭlaʕ)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:86:حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِي عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍḥattā ʔiḏā balaḡa maḡriba aš-šamsi wajadahā taḡrubu fī ʕaynin ḥamiʔatinuntil he reached the setting ˹point˺ of the sun, which appeared to him to be setting in a spring of murky water.
* (Islam) sunset prayer
* west
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:258:قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْتِي بِالشَّمْسِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَأْتِ بِهَا مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَبُهِتَ الَّذِي كَفَرَqāla ʔibrāhīmu faʔinna l-laha yaʔtī bi-š-šamsi mina l-mašriqi faʔti bihā mina al-maḡribi fabuhita llaḏī kafaraAbraham 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.
* evening

#### Descendants

* Gulf Arabic: مَغْرِب (maḡrib)
* → Azerbaijani: məğrib
* → Bengali: মাগরিব (magribo)
* → Chagatai: مغرب
** Uzbek: magʻrib
* → Malay: مغرب (maghrib)
* → Ottoman Turkish: مغرب (maġrib)
** Turkish: mağrip
* → Pashto: مغرب
* → Persian: مغرب (mağreb)
* → Punjabi: مَغْرِب (maġrib)
* → Swahili: magharibi
* → Tausug: magrib
* → Urdu: مَغْرِب (maġrib)

### Verb

مَغْرَبَ • (maḡraba) Iq (non-past يُمَغْرِبُ (yumaḡribu), verbal noun مَغْرَبَة (maḡraba))
* to Moroccanize, to make Moroccan

#### Derived terms

* الْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib, “Maghreb, Morocco”)
* مَغْرِبِيّ (maḡribiyy, “western, Maghrebi”)

#### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مغرب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

## Malay
### Etymology

From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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)
* west (compass point)

#### Synonyms

* barat / بارت
* kulon / کولون

#### Coordinate terms

compass points (Arabic script/Jawi): مات اڠين:
| بارت لاٴوت (barat laut) | اوتارا (utara) | تيمور لاٴوت (timur laut) |
| بارت (barat) | | تيمور (timur) |
| بارت داي (barat daya) | سلاتن (selatan) | تڠݢارا (tenggara) |

### Adjective

مغرب (Rumi spelling maghrib)
* west (towards the west)
* west (western)
* west (occidental)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [maɣ.ˈɾiβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäɣ.ɾɪ́b]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäɣ.ɾɪ́b]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mäɣ.ɾɪ́b]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mäɣ.ɾíb̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mæɢ.ɹéb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mäʁ.ɾíb]

### Noun

مغرب • (mağreb)
* west

### Proper noun

مغرب • (mağreb)
* Maghreb
* Morocco
    Synonym: مراکش (marâkeš)

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مغرب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [məɣɾəbʊ]

### Noun

مَغْرَبُ • (maƣrabu) ? (Devanagari मग़रबु)
* west

### References

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

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

مغرب • (maḡreb, muḡreb) m
* sunset
    صلاة المغرب ― ṣalāt il-maḡreb ― the evening prayer

#### Derived terms

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

#### See also

* فجر (fajr)
* صبحية (ṣabaḥiyye)
* صبح (ṣubḥ)
* نهار (nhār)
* ضهر (ḍuhr)
* عصر (ʕaṣr)
* مغرب (maḡreb)
* مسا (masa)
* ليل (lēl)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib).

### Noun

مَغْرِب • (maġrib) m (Hindi spelling मग़रिब)
* the west, the West
    Synonym: پَشْچِم (paścim)
* (Islam) maghrib