Ghurub
/ɣuˈruːb/noun
An Arabic loanword or transliteration meaning sunset or the setting of the sun.
Did you know?The Islamic sunset prayer, Maghrib, comes from the same Arabic root as ghurub, linking the word for sunset with the western direction.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*ġ-r-b
“A reconstructed root associated with going away, setting, or being absent.”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
غَرَبَ (gharaba)
“He went away, disappeared, or set—especially of the sun.”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
غُرُوب (ghurūb)
“The setting or disappearance of the sun; sunset.”
7th Century
Arabic
المغرب (al-Maghrib)
“The place or direction of sunset—the west; also the sunset prayer.”
Medieval Period
Arabic
مَغْرِب (Maghrib)
“The western region, later used for the northwest African lands known as the Maghreb.”
Modern English
English
ghurub
“A transliterated Arabic term for sunset or the sun’s setting.”