How to say "sunset" in Arabic
CognateMeaningsunset
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
غُرُوب
ghurūbע'רוב
غروب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שקיעה
shki'aشْكِيئَا
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-בSame root as Hebrew ערב, 'evening', and מַעֲרָב, 'west' — regular ע↔غ. Both languages built the same idea from 'where the sun goes down': غرب gharaba is 'to set (of the sun)' and 'to go west', exactly like Hebrew מערב is literally 'the place of sunset'.
Related Hebrew word:מערבma'aravمَأَرَاڤ
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In a phrase
عِنْد الْغُرُوب
ʿind al-ghurūbענד אל-ע'רובat sunset