مغربي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of الْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib, Maghreb) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

مَغْرِبِيّ (maḡribiyy) m, feminine مَغْرِبِيَّة (maḡribiyya), masculine plural مَغْرِبِيُّونَ (maḡribiyyūna) or مَغَارِبَة (maḡāriba), feminine plural مَغْرِبِيَّات (maḡribiyyāt)

  1. western, occidental
  2. Maghrebi, of the Northwest-African Arabic region
  3. Moroccan
  4. (historical) a kind of pseudo-educated ruffian occupied with magics, soothsaying, promising treasure discovery and similar trades (rendered in European often as maghrabi, and as mogrebin)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of ألف ليلة وليلة to this entry?)
  5. (historical) being a member of a certain Abbasid regiment
  6. concerning a certain style of Arabic calligraphy, the so-called Maghrebi script (خَطّ مَغْرِبِيّ (ḵaṭṭ maḡribiyy), قَلَم مَغْرِبِيّ (qalam maḡribiyy))
Declension

Noun

مَغْرِبِيّ (maḡribiyy) m, plural مَغَارِبَة (maḡāriba), feminine مَغْرِبِيَّة (maḡribiyya)

  1. see the adjective
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

مَغْرَبِيّ (maḡrabiyy) f (singulative, collective مَغَرْبَة (maḡarba))

  1. a member of the مَغَرْبَة (maḡarba) tribe situated between Libya and the Sudan
Declension

Adjective

مَغْرَبِيّ (maḡrabiyy) m, feminine مَغْرَبِيَّة (maḡrabiyya), masculine plural مَغْرَبِيّ (maḡrabiyy), feminine plural مَغْرَبِيَّات (maḡrabiyyāt)

  1. related to the مَغَرْبَة (maḡarba) tribe situated between Libya and the Sudan or one of its members
Declension
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