المغرب

Arabic

Etymology

Literally, “the West”, see مَغْرِب (maḡrib) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.maɣ.rib/

Proper noun

الْمَغْرِب • (al-maḡrib) m

1. Maghreb
2. Morocco (a country in North Africa)

Declension

Declension of noun الْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْمَغْرِب al-maḡrib	—
Nominative	—	الْمَغْرِبُ al-maḡribu	—
Accusative	—	الْمَغْرِبَ al-maḡriba	—
Genitive	—	الْمَغْرِبِ al-maḡribi	—

Derived terms

• مَغْرِبِيّ (maḡribiyy)

Descendants

• Moroccan Arabic: المَغْرِب (el-maḡrib), المُغْرِب (el-muḡrib)
• → Azerbaijani: Məğrib
• → Bengali: মাগরেব (magreb)
• → French: Maghreb
  • → English: Maghreb
• → Turkish: Mağrip
• → Uzbek: Magʻrib

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “غرب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic الْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪl.maɣ.rib/, /ɪl.muɣ.rib/

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Proper noun

المَغْرِب or المُغْرِب • (el-maḡrib or el-muḡrib) m

1. Morocco (a country in North Africa)

Derived terms

• مَغْرِبِي (maḡribi)
• مُغْرَبِي (muḡrabi)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic الْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib).

Proper noun

المغرب • (il-maḡreb) m

1. Maghreb, North Africa

   Synonym: بلاد المغرب (bilād il-maḡreb)

2. Morocco (a country in North Africa)

   Synonym: المغرب الأقصى (ll-maḡreb il-ʔaqṣa, literally “the extreme west”)

Derived terms

• مغربي (muḡrabi, “North African; Moroccan”)
• مغربية (muḡrabiyye, “couscous”)