No. 373 in Arabic

غرب

"غرب" in English means "west" or "sunset."

In a sentence

تقع الغابة في غرب المدينة.
The forest is located west of the city.
In this sentence, 'غرب' (gharb) means 'west' as a cardinal direction.
غرّبت الشمس خلف الجبال.
The sun set behind the mountains.
Here, 'غرّبت' (gharrabat) comes from the root of 'غرب' and means 'set' as in the sun setting, describing motion to the west.
كانت قصته عن السفر إلى الغرب مثيرة.
His story about traveling to the west was exciting.
In this sentence, 'الغرب' (al-gharb) refers to 'the West' as a cultural or geographical region in contrast to the East.

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