alxarife

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الشَّرِيف (aš-šarīf).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.ʃɐˈɾi.fɨ/ [aɫ.ʃɐˈɾi.fɨ]

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

Noun

alxarife m (plural alxarifes)

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

   Synonyms: xarife, xerife