Magħreb

Maltese

Root
għ-r-b (distantness)
4 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.rɛp/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣ.rɛp/ (archaic)
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Etymology 1

From Arabic الْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib). The sense “North Africa” is likely not inherited, but a semantic loan from Italian Magreb, English Maghreb, themselves borrowed from the Arabic. Doublet of Magreb (Romance-based).

Proper noun

il-Magħreb m

1. the Maghreb
2. (by extension) North Africa
3. (purist) Morocco (a country in North Africa)

   Synonym: Marokk

Derived terms

• Magħrebi

 

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, “sunset”).

Noun

magħreb m

1. (Islam) maghrib, the sunset time of the Islamic prayer

   Synonym: nżul ix-xemx

   Fit-talba tal-Misilmin, il-ħin tal-magħreb huwa wara l-ħin tal-għasar, wara li nżul ix-xemx.

   In the prayer of the Muslims, the time of maghrib is after the time of asar, that is after sunset.

2. (obsolete, very archaic) the west/West

   Synonyms: (usual) punent, (archaic) għarb