ع ف رʿ-f-r
— عِفْرِيْتʿifrīt pl. عَفَارِيْتʿafārīt: extremely rebellious, powerful and cunning; a kind of jinn. The lexicographers say that it is from ʿ-f-r, and عَفَرʿafar means dust — as if one who makes his enemy bite the dust. The tāʾ is additional (pattern فِعْلِيْتfiʿlīt). Only once in the Quran: ﴿قَالَ عِفْرِيْتٌ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ أَنَا آتِيْكَ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقُوْمَ مِنْ مَّقَامِكَ﴾ (An-Naml 27:39).