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Magħreb
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Maltese
għ-r-b distantness
mt:Magreb
Pronunciation
mt /ˈmaː.rɛp/
mt /ˈmaɣ.rɛp/ archaic
mt aɣrɛp aːrɛp 2
Etymology 1
From mt ar الْمَغْرِب. The sense “North Africa” is likely not inherited, but a semantic loan from mt it Magreb, mt en Maghreb, themselves borrowed from the Arabic. mt Magreb (Romance-based), which has superseded such spelling since 2008.
Proper noun
proper noun m il-Magħreb
the Maghreb
mt by extension North Africa
mt purist mt Morocco Q1028
mt Marokk
Derived terms
mt Magħrebi
Etymology 2
mt :inh ar:مَغْرِب<t:sunset> + 1
Noun
noun m magħreb
mt Islam maghrib, the sunset time of the Islamic prayer
mt nżul ix-xemx
mt 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.
mt obsolete very archaic the west/West
mt punent usual għarb archaic