How to say "west" in Arabic
CognateMeaningwest
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
غَرْب
gharbע'רב
غرب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מערב
ma'aravمَاءَارَاڤ
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
غ-ر-بHebrew root
ע-ר-בThe sun sets in the west: Arabic gh regularly matches Hebrew ע (like غراب/עורב), so gharb shares its root with Hebrew ערב 'evening' and מערב 'west'. Morocco — al-Maghrib — is simply 'the far west'.
Related Hebrew word:ערבerevإِرِڤ
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In a phrase
غَرْب الْمَدِينَة
gharb al-madīnaע'רב אל-מדינהthe west of the city