ifrit
See also: Ifrit
English
Alternative forms
- 'ifrit, ʿifrīt, 'ifriit, ʿefrīt, ʿefrēt, 'afreet, 'afret, 'afreit, 'afrit, 'afriit, 'efreet, 'efret, efreit, 'efriit, 'efrit, 'ifreet, 'ifret, 'ifreit, afreet, afret, afreit, afrit, afriit, efreet, efret, efreit, efriet, efrit, efriit, éfrit, ifreet, ifret, ifreit, ifriet, ifrite, ifriite
Etymology
From Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈfɹiːt/
- (nonstandard, spelling pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪf.ɹɪt/
Noun
ifrit (plural ifrits)
- (Islam) A kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an.
- (Arab mythology) A demon, evil spirit, often associated with the underworld.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXI, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 211:
- Then she flew firmament-wards to circle it, as was her custom, and met an Ifrit on the wing who saluted her and she said to him, "Whence comest thou?"
- 2016 July 11, Kyle More, “TripTank 2025” (9:02 from the start), in TripTank[1], season 2, episode 14, spoken by Clarine (Lauren Lapkus):
- “In that stone, Paguta has contained a powerful ifrit, but it can only be summoned once every hundred years.”
- A species of passerine bird endemic to New Guinea, in full the blue-capped ifrit.
Descendants
- → Japanese: イフリート (ifurīto)
Translations
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Finnish
Etymology
From Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈifrit/, [ˈifrit̪]
- Rhymes: -ifrit
- Syllabification(key): if‧rit
- Hyphenation(key): if‧rit
Noun
ifrit
- (Islamic mythology) ifrit
Declension
| Inflection of ifrit (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | ifrit | ifritit | |
| genitive | ifritin | ifritien | |
| partitive | ifritiä | ifritejä | |
| illative | ifritiin | ifriteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ifrit | ifritit | |
| accusative | nom. | ifrit | ifritit |
| gen. | ifritin | ||
| genitive | ifritin | ifritien | |
| partitive | ifritiä | ifritejä | |
| inessive | ifritissä | ifriteissä | |
| elative | ifritistä | ifriteistä | |
| illative | ifritiin | ifriteihin | |
| adessive | ifritillä | ifriteillä | |
| ablative | ifritiltä | ifriteiltä | |
| allative | ifritille | ifriteille | |
| essive | ifritinä | ifriteinä | |
| translative | ifritiksi | ifriteiksi | |
| abessive | ifritittä | ifriteittä | |
| instructive | — | ifritein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay ifrit, from Classical Malay ifrit, from Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈifrit/ [ˈif.rɪt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ifrit
- Syllabification: if‧rit
Noun
ifrit (plural ifrit-ifrit)
Further reading
- “ifrit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).
Noun
ifrit (Jawi spelling عفريت, plural ifrit-ifrit)
- (Islamic mythology) ifrit
Descendants
- Indonesian: ifrit
Norwegian
Etymology
From Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).
Noun
ifrit
- (Islamic mythology) ifrit
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi.frit/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ifrit
- Syllabification: i‧frit
Noun
ifrit m animal
Declension
Declension of ifrit
Further reading
- ifrit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈfɾit/ [iˈfɾit̪]
- Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: i‧frit
Noun
ifrit m (plural ifrits)
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish عفریت, from Persian عِفْرِیت ('efrit), from Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).
Noun
ifrit (definite accusative ifridi, plural ifritler)