إفريقية

From Ancient Greek Ἀφρική (Aphrikḗ).

• إِفْرِيقِيَا (ʔifrīqiyā)

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

إِفْرِيقِيَة • (ʔifrīqiya) f (Classical Arabic)

1. Africa (Roman province and later historical region of the Caliphate era): North African territory comprising Constantinois (eastern Algeria), Tunis (Tunisia) and Tripolitania (western Libya)

• الْمَغْرِب الْأَدْنَى (al-maḡrib al-ʔadnā)

• → Ottoman Turkish: افریقیه (efrikıye)

• “Ifriqiya”, in Larousse.fr - Encyclopédie‎^[1], (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 8 August 2021

Inflected form

• IPA^(key): /ʔif.riː.qij.ja/

إِفْرِيقِيَّة • (ʔifrīqiyya) f

1. feminine singular of إِفْرِيقِيّ (ʔifrīqiyy, “African”)

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

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