ghouroub غروب
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ghouroub” (غروب) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning sunset.
Meanings
- sunset
Usage
Ghouroub is almost always used in the expression ghouroub chchems, "the sunset". The word has a slightly literary tone: you find it in descriptions, tourism writing or photo captions. In everyday conversation, people more readily say mlli katghrob chchems, "when the sun sets". Do not confuse it with lmghreb, which refers to the time of the evening prayer and is also the name of Morocco.
Example
كايعجبني نشوف غروب الشمس
kay3jbni nchouf ghouroub chchams
“I like watching the sunset.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghouroub” but also “ghorob”, “ghoroub”, “ghurub” and “ghrob”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ghouroub” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “sunset”; “dusk”: ghroub in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “sunset”: ghroub in Tunisian.