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

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
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