# rica
## Asturian
### Adjective

rica
* feminine singular of ricu

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈri.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈri.ka]

### Adjective

rica f sg
* feminine singular of ric

## Crimean Tatar

Other scripts :
| Cyrillic | риджа |
| Roman | |

### Etymology

From Arabic رَجَاء (rajāʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ri‧ca

### Noun

rica
* request

#### Derived terms

* rica etmek

### References

* “rica”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Galician
### Adjective

rica
* feminine singular of rico

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrit͡ʃa]
* Hyphenation: ri‧ca

### Noun

rica (plural)
* chili pepper
    Synonyms: cabai, cili, lada, lombok

### Further reading

* “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.

## Latin
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈriː.ka/, [ˈriːkä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈri.ka/, [ˈriːkä]

### Noun

rīca f (genitive rīcae); first declension
* veil

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* “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

## Manado Malay
### Etymology

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

### Noun

rica
* chili pepper

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: rica

## Neapolitan
### Noun

rica f (plural rriche)
* line

## North Moluccan Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈri.t͡ʃa/
* Hyphenation: ri‧ca

### Noun

rica
* chili pepper

#### Derived terms

* garo rica (“cooked in chili sauce”)

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈriː.t͡ʃɑ/

### Noun

rīċa
* genitive plural of rīċe

### Adjective

rīċa
* inflection of rīċe:
** strong nominative/accusative feminine plural
** weak nominative masculine singular

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ikɐ
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁi.kɐ/ [ˈhi.kɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁi.kɐ/ [ˈhi.kɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁi.kɐ/ [ˈχi.kɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁi.ka/ [ˈhi.ka]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁi.kɐ/

### Adjective

rica
* feminine singular of rico

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrika/ [ˈri.ka]
* Rhymes: -ika
* Syllabification: ri‧ca

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

rica f (plural ricas)
* (La Rioja) fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

rica
* feminine singular of rico

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Ternate
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɾi.t͡ʃa/

### Noun

rica
* the chili pepper

#### Descendants

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

### References

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

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾiˈd͡ʒaː/
* Hyphenation: ri‧ca

### Noun

rica (definite accusative ricayı, plural ricalar)
* request
    Synonym: dileme

#### Derived terms

* rica etmek
* ricada bulunmak

#### See also

* rica ederim

## Venetan
### Adjective

rica f sg
* feminine singular of rico