An alternative spelling of afrit; a supernatural demon or being in Islamic mythology.
Variant spelling of Arabic 'ifrīt,' used in English translations of Middle Eastern tales and mythological texts.
The multiple spellings of this word (afrit, afrite, afreet) show how translators struggled to convert Arabic sounds into English letters—there's no perfect match, so different people tried different approaches.
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