عفريت

Arabic

Etymology

From a Middle Iranian past participle āfrīd (created), originally an elliptic expression for *dīw afrīt (demon’s creation), or from the root ع ف ر (ʕ-f-r) related to “ash”, compare for the derivation type عَكْرُوت (ʕakrūt, scoundrel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕif.riːt/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /ʕaf.riːt/

Adjective

عِفْرِيت • (ʕifrīt) (feminine عِفْرِيتَة (ʕifrīta), masculine plural عَفَارِيت (ʕafārīt), feminine plural عِفْرِيتَات (ʕifrītāt)) (Classical Arabic, formal, dialectal)

  1. malicious, mischievous, wicked, knave
  2. crafty, cunning, sly, wily
  3. clever, fast, strong

Declension

Noun

عِفْرِيت • (ʕifrīt) m (plural عَفَارِيت (ʕafārīt), feminine عِفْرِيتَة (ʕifrīta))

  1. afreet, afrit, 'afrit, efreet, ifreet, ifrit; Supernatural being from Arabian folklore.
  2. demon, devil, fiend, evil spirit; Any infernal being regardless of its morals.
    Synonyms: شَيْطَان (šayṭān), مَارِد (mārid)
  3. goblin, sprite, genie, gremlin, elf; Any supernatural being in general.
    Synonym: جَانّ (jānn)

Declension

Derived terms

  • عِفْرِيتِيّ (ʕifrītiyy, demonic)
  • تَعَفْرَتَ (taʕafrata, to behave like a demon)

Descendants

  • Maltese: għafrit, għafrid
  • Azerbaijani: ifritə
  • Bulgarian: ифрит (ifrit)
  • Dutch: ifriet
  • English: ifrit, '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
    • Japanese: イフリート (ifurīto)
  • Estonian: afriidid
  • Finnish: ifrit
  • French: éfrit
  • German: Ifrit
  • Greek: ιφρίτ (ifrít)
  • Judeo-Arabic: עִפְֿׄרִיתּ֔ (ʿifrīt)
  • Hungarian: ifrít
  • Italian: ʿifrīt
  • Malagasy: ifrity
  • Malay: ifrit
  • Norwegian: ifrit
  • Classical Persian: عِفْرِیت ('ifrīt)
  • Polish: ifrit, afryt, efryt, ifryt
  • Portuguese: ifrite
  • Russian: ифри́т (ifrít)
  • Spanish: ifrit
  • Ukrainian: іфрит (ifryt)

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).

Noun

عِفْرِيت (Rumi spelling ifrit, plural عفريت-عفريت or عفريت۲, informal 1st possessive عفريتکو, 2nd possessive عفريتمو, 3rd possessive عفريتڽ)

  1. (Islamic mythology) ifrit.

Descendants

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