إفريقية

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Ἀφρική (Aphrikḗ).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔif.riː.qi.ja/, /ʔif.riːq.ja/

Proper noun

إِفْرِيقِيَة • (ʔifrīqiya) f (Classical Arabic)

  1. Africa (Roman province and later historical region of the Caliphate era): North African territory comprising the eastern part of the Constantinois (eastern Algeria), Tunis (Tunisia) and Tripolitania (western Libya)
Synonyms
  • الْمَغْرِب الْأَدْنَى (al-maḡrib al-ʔadnā)
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: افریقیه (efrikıye)

References

  • “Ifriqiya”, in Larousse.fr - Encyclopédie, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 8 August 2021

Etymology 2

Inflected form

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔif.riː.qij.ja/

Adjective

إِفْرِيقِيَّة • (ʔifrīqiyya) f

  1. feminine singular of إِفْرِيقِيّ (ʔifrīqiyy, African)

Noun

إِفْرِيقِيَّة • (ʔifrīqiyya) f (plural إِفْرِيقِيَّات (ʔifrīqiyyāt), masculine إِفْرِيقِيّ (ʔifrīqiyy))

  1. female equivalent of إِفْرِيقِيّ (ʔifrīqiyy, African):
    1. an African woman
Declension
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