marica

See also: Marica and Maricá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish marica.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

marica m or f (masculine and feminine plural mariques)

1. queer

Noun

marica m (plural mariques)

1. (derogatory, vulgar, colloquial) faggot, queer

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit मरीचम् (marīcam).

Noun

marica

1. black pepper

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀭𑀺𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• मरिच (Devanagari script)
• মরিচ (Bengali script)
• මරිච (Sinhalese script)
• မရိစ or မရိၸ (Burmese script)
• มริจ or มะริจะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩁᩥᨧ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຣິຈ or ມະຣິຈະ (Lao script)
• មរិច (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄢𑄨𑄌 (Chakma script)

Noun

marica n

1. black pepper

Declension

Declension table of "marica" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	maricaṃ	maricāni
Accusative (second)	maricaṃ	maricāni
Instrumental (third)	maricena	maricehi or maricebhi
Dative (fourth)	maricassa or maricāya or maricatthaṃ	maricānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	maricasmā or maricamhā or maricā	maricehi or maricebhi
Genitive (sixth)	maricassa	maricānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	maricasmiṃ or maricamhi or marice	maricesu
Vocative (calling)	marica	maricāni

Descendants

• → Khmer: ម្រេច (mrɨc)
• → Lao: ພິກ (phik)
• → Mon: မြေက်
• → Burmese: ငရုတ် (nga.rut)
• → Thai: พริก (prík)
• → Indonesian: merica
• → Malay: merica

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “marica”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾi.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾi.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾi.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈɾi.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ca

Adjective

marica m or f (plural maricas)

1. Alternative form of maricas

Noun

marica m (plural maricas)

1. Alternative form of maricas

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏рица) (slang)

1. police van, paddy wagon
2. (by extension) the police

   Synonym: полѝција

Spanish

Etymology

From María +‎ -ica, María being a common feminine given name.

Unrelated to the similar Ancient Greek μαρικᾶς (marikâs, “passive male sexual partner, debauchee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾika/ [maˈɾi.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: ma‧ri‧ca

Noun

marica m (plural maricas)

1. (informal, derogatory) poof; fag; faggot (homosexual man)

   Synonym: maricón

2. (informal, derogatory) wimp, weakling
3. (informal, derogatory) effeminate man
4. (Colombia, Venezuela, colloquial, slang) dude; bro; mate

   Synonyms: (Chile) weón, (Spain) tío, tía; see also Thesaurus:tío

Noun

marica f (plural maricas)

1. magpie

   Synonym: urraca

Derived terms

• maricón
• mariquita

 

Further reading

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

West Makian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈri.t͡ʃa/

Noun

marica

1. chili pepper

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics