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Where does “magariba” come from?

magariba (Hausa) comes from Arabic مَغْرِب, from Arabic غَرَبَ — to set, to go down; to set”, “to go down.

magariba (Hausa): maghrib, the sunset prayer

Definitions

  1. maghrib, the sunset prayer

Ancestry of “magariba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَغْرِبsunset; west, sunset
2Arabicغَرَبَto set, to go down; to set”, “to go down
Every word from Arabic غَرَبَ →