rica

rica

1. feminine singular of ricu

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈri.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈri.ka]

rica f sg

1. feminine singular of ric

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Cyrillic	риджа
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From Arabic رَجَاء (rajāʔ).

• Hyphenation: ri‧ca

rica

1. request

• “rica”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

rica

1. feminine singular of rico

From Manado Malay rica (“chili pepper”) and North Moluccan Malay rica, from Ternate rica, itself from Malay merica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच (marica). Doublet of merica.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrit͡ʃa/ [ˈri.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -it͡ʃa
• Syllabification: ri‧ca

rica (plural rica-rica)

1. chili pepper

   Synonyms: cabai, cili, lada, lombok

• “rica” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Italic *wreikā, from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to twist, weave, bind”). Cognate with English wry, German reihen (“to crimp”) and Ancient Greek ῥοικός (rhoikós, “bent, curved”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈriː.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈriː.ka]

rīca f (genitive rīcae); first declension

1. veil

First-declension noun.

• “rica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “rica”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From North Moluccan Malay rica (“chili pepper”), from Ternate rica, from Malay merica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच (marica).

rica

1. chili pepper

• → Indonesian: rica

rica f (plural rriche)

1. line

From Ternate rica, from Malay merica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच (marica).

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.t͡ʃa/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ca

rica

1. chili pepper

• IPA^(key): /ˈriː.t͡ʃɑ/

rīċa

1. genitive plural of rīċe

rīċa

1. inflection of rīċe:
   1. strong nominative/accusative feminine plural
   2. weak nominative masculine singular

• Rhymes: -ikɐ

rica

1. feminine singular of rico

• IPA^(key): /ˈrika/ [ˈri.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: ri‧ca

rica f (plural ricas)

1. (La Rioja) fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rica

1. feminine singular of rico

• “rica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Likely from an older, unattested form *marica, from Malay merica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच (marica). The initial ma was likely reinterpreted as the possessive.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾi.t͡ʃa/

rica

1. the chili pepper

• → North Moluccan Malay: rica
  • Manado Malay: rica
    • → Indonesian: rica

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Ottoman Turkish رجا (rica), from Arabic رَجَاء (rajāʔ).

• IPA^(key): /ɾiˈd͡ʒaː/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ca

rica (definite accusative ricayı, plural ricalar)

1. request

   Synonym: dileme

• rica ederim

rica f sg

1. feminine singular of rico