maghrib

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Definition of maghrib in English Turkish dictionary

(Din) Akşam (namaz vakti)

mağrib

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Definition of maghrib in English English dictionary

Sunset prayer

or Maghreb Region of North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea. It comprises the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and, often, Libya. In earlier times the term sometimes included parts of Muslim Spain. During Roman times the region was called Africa Minor, but, following the Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries, it came to be known as the Maghrib ("West") inasmuch as it comprised the most westerly reaches of the Muslim world. The region has since developed its own unique culture within the larger Islamic world. Berbers and Arabs are the two main ethnic groups. Arabic is the predominant language. Berber and French are also widely spoken

{i} coastal and mountainous region of northwest Africa (centered on Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia)

The fourth of the five daily Prayer services, which can be offered any time in the period starting from immediately after sunset and ending when there is still some light left on the horizon

The fourth of five daily prayers, performed after Suhur

North Africa

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The western Islamic world (northwest Africa); distinguished from the Mashriq (q v ), or eastern Islamic world (the Middle East) Traditionally includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Tripolitania (q v ) Literally, "the time or place of the sunset--the west " For its Arab conquerors, the region was the "island of the west" (jazirat al maghrib), the land between the "sea of sand" (Sahara) and the Mediterranean Sea Also transliterated as Maghreb

Sunset The Maghrib prayer is the prescribed prayer to be performed between sunset and the time when all day light is gone

The obligatory prayer offered just after sunset

Hyphenation

Ma·ghrib