ghroub غروب
Algerian Darja · noun
“ghroub” (غروب) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning sunset.
Meanings
- sunset
- dusk
Usage
Ghroub refers to the sunset, almost always in the expression "ghroub echems". It appears mostly when talking about a landscape, a photo or a video: "chouf ghroub echems f lebhar". It belongs to a slightly more formal register. To place a moment of the day, people more readily say "ki tghib echems", "when the sun sets", or "m3a lmeghreb", which also refers to the time of prayer. The corresponding verb is ghab, "to disappear, to set" for the sun. The opposite is chrouq, "sunrise".
Example
روحنا للبحر نشوفو غروب الشمس.
rouhna lelbhar nchoufou ghroub echems.
“We went to the sea to watch the sunset.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghroub” but also “ghorob”, “ghrob”, “8roub” and “ghouroub”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “ghroub” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “sunset”: ghouroub in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “sunset”: ghroub in Tunisian.