Where does “مغرب” come from?
مغرب (Malay) comes from Arabic مَغْرِب, from Arabic غَرَبَ — to set, to go down; to set”, “to go down.
مغرب (Malay): west
Ancestry of “مغرب”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | مَغْرِب | sunset; west, sunset |
| 2 | Arabic | غَرَبَ | to set, to go down; to set”, “to go down |