Maghribi
/məˈɡrɪbi/noun
Relating to the Maghreb region of North Africa or its people, culture, or languages.
Did you know?In Arabic, maghrib can mean both “the west” and sunset, and al-Maghrib became the name for North Africa because it lay west of the central Islamic lands.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*ġ-r-b
“A reconstructed root associated with setting, going away, absence, and the west.”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
غَرَبَ (gharaba)
“To set, as the sun; to go away or become absent.”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
مَغْرِب (maġrib)
“The place or time of sunset; the west.”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
مَغْرِبِيّ (maġribī)
“Western; belonging to the Maghrib or western lands.”
Medieval Arabic and Islamic usage
Arabic
al-Maġrib
“The western region of the Islamic world, broadly corresponding to North-West Africa.”
Modern English
English
Maghribi
“Relating to the Maghreb, its people, culture, or languages.”