alxarife

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic الشَّرِيف (aš-šarīf).

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.ʃaˈɾi.fi/ [aʊ̯.ʃaˈɾi.fi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.ʃaˈɾi.fe/ [aʊ̯.ʃaˈɾi.fe]

  • Rhymes: -ifi, -ifɨ
  • Hyphenation: al‧xa‧ri‧fe

Noun[edit]

alxarife m (plural alxarifes)

  1. (archaic) sheriff (title between Moors and Turks equivalent to sharif, attributed to people descended from Muhammad)
    Synonyms: xarife, xerife