Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xeriff

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: xeriff
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of ashrafi.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete form of sharif.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The Turkish Sultani, or Egyptian Xeriff, being a Gold Coin, with which the Barbary and Venetian Chequeens and Marienberg Ducat, very near agree to 53 1/2 Grains."
"The emperors or kings of Morocco are the successors of those sovereigns of that country who are called xeriffs, and whose powers resembled that of the caliphate of the Saracens."
"Don Emanuel de Castro now ventured in council to address his sovereign, informing him that their Moorish ally had grossly exaggerated his ability and the inclinations of the Africans, as they appeared mostly unanimous in defence of the present Xeriff's authority."

Etymology

From Arabic شَرِيفِيّ (šarīfiyy).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: أشرفي, ش ر ف

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

xeriffs (plural)

Questions

What does xeriff mean?: Obsolete form of ashrafi.
Where does xeriff come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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