ifrit

See also: Ifrit

English

Arabian Nights - Letchford - 71 "And as soon as he touched bottom he was confronted by the Ifrit."

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 (ʿifrīt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈfɹiːt/
  • (nonstandard, spelling pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪf.ɹɪt/

Noun

ifrit (plural ifrits)

  1. (Islam) A kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an.
  2. (Arab mythology) A demon, evil spirit, often associated with the underworld.
  3. A species of passerine bird endemic to New Guinea, in full the blue-capped ifrit.

Descendants

  • Japanese: イフリート (ifurīto)

Translations


Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʿifrīt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈifrit/, [ˈifrit̪]
  • Rhymes: -ifrit
  • Syllabification(key): if‧rit

Noun

ifrit

  1. (Islamic mythology) ifrit

Declension

Inflection of ifrit (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
instructive ifritein
abessive ifritittä ifriteittä
comitative ifriteineen
Possessive forms of ifrit (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person ifritini ifritimme
2nd person ifritisi ifritinne
3rd person ifritinsä

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ifrit, from Classical Malay ifrit, from Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʿifrīt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɪfrɪt̚]
  • Hyphenation: if‧rit

Noun

ifrit (first-person possessive ifritku, second-person possessive ifritmu, third-person possessive ifritnya)

  1. (Islam) ifrit

Further reading


Malay

Etymology

From Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʿifrīt).

Noun

ifrit (Jawi spelling عفريت, plural ifrit-ifrit, informal 1st possessive ifritku, 2nd possessive ifritmu, 3rd possessive ifritnya)

  1. (Islamic mythology) ifrit

Descendants


Norwegian

Etymology

From Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʿifrīt).

Noun

ifrit

  1. (Islamic mythology) ifrit

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʿifrīt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈif.rit/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ifrit
  • Syllabification: if‧rit

Noun

ifrit m anim

  1. (Islam, mythology) ifrit (an evil spirit)

Declension

Further reading

  • ifrit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ifrit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʿifrīt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈfɾit/ [iˈfɾit̪]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: i‧frit

Noun

ifrit m (plural ifrits)

  1. (Islamic mythology) ifrit

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عفریت, from Persian عِفْرِیت ('efrit), from Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʿifrīt).

Noun

ifrit (definite accusative ifridi, plural ifritler)

  1. (Islam) ifrit
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