xerife
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf, “noble”).
Noun[edit]
xerife m (plural xerifes)
- sheriff (title used by Moorish princes who claimed to be descendants of Muhammad)
- sheriff (title used by Muslims who visited Muhammad's temple three times)
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from English sheriff.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
xerife m (plural xerifes)
Categories:
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Arabic
- Portuguese terms derived from Arabic
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ifi
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ifi/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ifɨ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ifɨ/3 syllables