ifrit
/ɪˈfɹiːt/
ifrit noun: a kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an.
Noun
ifrit (plural ifrits)
- A kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an.
- A demon, evil spirit, often associated with the underworld.
- 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?"1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXI, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 211
- “In that stone, Paguta has contained a powerful ifrit, but it can only be summoned once every hundred years.”2016 July 11, Kyle More, “TripTank 2025” (9:02 from the start), in TripTank, season 2, episode 14, spoken by Clarine (Lauren Lapkus)
- A species of passerine bird endemic to New Guinea, in full the blue-capped ifrit.
ifrit meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Arabic
ifrit in Hindi
- Translations
- इफ़्रीत ifrīt
ifrit in Urdu
- Translations
- عِفْرِیت 'ifrīt
ifrit in Punjabi
- ifrit
- عفریت ifrīt
ifrit in Arabic
- Translations
- عِفْرِيت ʕifrīt
More languagesFewer languages
- ifrit in Malay
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- ifrit in Indonesian
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Forms of ifrit
| plural | ifrits |
|---|---|
| alternative form | 'ifrit |
| alternative form | ʿifrīt |
| alternative form | 'ifriit |
| alternative form | ʿefrīt |
| alternative form | ʿefrēt |
| alternative form | 'afreet |
| alternative form | 'afret |
| alternative form | 'afreit |
| alternative form | 'afrit |
| alternative form | 'afriit |
| alternative form | 'efreet |
| alternative form | 'efret |
| alternative form | efreit |
| alternative form | 'efriit |
| alternative form | 'efrit |
| alternative form | 'ifreet |
| alternative form | 'ifret |
| alternative form | 'ifreit |
| alternative form | afreet |
Origin of ifrit
Borrowed from Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).
Phrases with ifrit
Words that rhyme with ifrit
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- entreat
- fleet
- retreat
- treat
- complete
- conceit
- repeat
- concrete
- discrete
- bittersweet
- suite
- cheat
- cleat
- deceit
- greet
- unseat
- compete
- defeat
- delete
- effete
- elite
- escheat
- indiscrete
- leet
- pleat
- skeet
- sleet
- accrete
- beet
- bleat
- gleet
- incomplete
- overeat
- overheat
- petite
- replete
- superheat
- teat
- tweet
- wheat
- yeet
- Bereshit
- Bow Street
- Crete
- discreet
- downbeat
- jeet
- keet
Questions about ifrit
- What does ifrit mean?
- Ifrit means a kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an.
- What is ifrit in Hindi?
- Ifrit in Hindi is इफ़्रीत (ifrīt). See Ifrit meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ifrit?
- Ifrit is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ifrit?
- Ifrit is pronounced /ɪˈfɹiːt/.
- What is the plural of ifrit?
- The plural of ifrit is ifrits.
Words near ifrit in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ifrit (page history and authors); عفریت (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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