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ifritah

ifritah noun: a female ifrit.

Noun

ifritah (plural ifritahs)

  1. (Arab mythology) A female ifrit.
    • So he raised him up from the ground and flew with him like a bird soaring in upper air, the Ifritah keeping close by his side[.]1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 214
    • Aimery stopped goggling at the spectacle of the ifritah sitting with nothing between herself and the floor but a yard's worth of air[.]1991, Judith Tarr, The Dagger and the Cross, page 368

Forms of ifritah

pluralifritahs

Questions about ifritah

What does ifritah mean?
Ifritah means a female ifrit.
What part of speech is ifritah?
Ifritah is a noun.
What is the plural of ifritah?
The plural of ifritah is ifritahs.

Words near ifritah in the dictionary

  1. ifreet
  2. ifreets
  3. Ifriqiya
  4. ifrit
  5. ifrita
  6. ifritah
  7. ifritahs
  8. ifritas
  9. ifrits
  10. IFRS
  11. ifs

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