غروب

See also: عزوب

Arabic

Root
غ ر ب (ḡ r b)
16 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of غَرَبَ (ḡaraba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣu.ruːb/

Noun

غُرُوب • (ḡurūb) m

1. verbal noun of غَرَبَ (ḡaraba, “to set (of the sun)”) (form I)
2. set, going down

   Synonym: أُفُول (ʔufūl)

3. (usually defined) sunset

   فِي غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ يُمْكِنُكَ رُؤْيَةُ أَلْوَانٍ جَمِيلَةٍ فِي السَّمَاء.

   fī ḡurūbi š-šamsi yumkinuka ruʔyatu ʔalwānin jamīlatin fī s-samāʔ.

   At the sunset, you can see beautiful colors in the sky.

Declension

Declension of noun غُرُوب (ḡurūb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُرُوب ḡurūb	الْغُرُوب al-ḡurūb	غُرُوب ḡurūb
Nominative	غُرُوبٌ ḡurūbun	الْغُرُوبُ al-ḡurūbu	غُرُوبُ ḡurūbu
Accusative	غُرُوبًا ḡurūban	الْغُرُوبَ al-ḡurūba	غُرُوبَ ḡurūba
Genitive	غُرُوبٍ ḡurūbin	الْغُرُوبِ al-ḡurūbi	غُرُوبِ ḡurūbi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qürub
• → Persian: غروب
  • → Urdu: غروب
• → Ottoman Turkish: غروب
  • → Turkish: gurup

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غُرُوب (ḡurūb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɣu.ˈɾuːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣʊ.ɾúːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣʊ.ɾúːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣʊ.ɾúːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣu.ɾúb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qo.ɹúːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁu.ɾúb]

Readings
Classical reading?	ğurūḇ
Dari reading?	ğurūb
Iranian reading?	ğorub
Tajik reading?	ġurub

Noun

غروب • (ğorub)

1. dusk
2. sunset

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غروب (ğurūb), from Arabic غُرُوب (ḡurūb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɣʊ.ɾuːb/

Noun

غُرُوب • (ğurūb) m (Hindi spelling ग़ुरूब)

1. dusk, sunset

References

• “غروب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “غروب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.