# marica
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish marica.

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

marica m or f (masculine and feminine plural mariques)
* queer

### Noun

marica m (plural mariques)
* (derogatory, vulgar, colloquial) faggot, queer

## Makasar
### Etymology

From Old Javanese marica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरीचम् (marīcam).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈrica/, [ma.ˈri.cça]
* Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ca

### Noun

marica (Lontara spelling ᨆᨑᨗᨌ)
* black pepper (Piper nigrum).

#### Affixations

* maricài

#### Compounds

* aʼbakkaʼ marica
* lada marica
* lemo marica
* marica akkidong
* marica keboʼ

### Further reading

* A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎, Brill, →DOI

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

From Sanskrit मरीचम् (marīcam).

### Noun

marica
* black pepper

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 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)

### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Sanskrit मरिच (marica).”

### Noun

marica n
* black pepper

#### 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: /maˈɾi.kɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈɾi.kɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /maˈɾi.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈɾi.kɐ/
* Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ca

### Adjective

marica m or f (plural maricas)
* Alternative form of maricas

### Noun

marica m (plural maricas)
* Alternative form of maricas

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

mȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏рица) (slang)
* police van, paddy wagon
* (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: /maˈɾika/ [maˈɾi.ka]
* Rhymes: -ika
* Syllabification: ma‧ri‧ca

### Noun

marica m (plural maricas)
* (informal, derogatory) poof; fag; faggot (homosexual man)
    Synonym: maricón
* (informal, derogatory) wimp, weakling
* (informal, derogatory) effeminate man
* (Colombia, Venezuela, colloquial, slang) dude; bro; mate
    Synonyms: (Chile) weón, (Spain) tío, tía; see also Thesaurus:tío

### Noun

marica f (plural maricas)
* 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: /ma.ˈri.t͡ʃa/

### Noun

marica
* chili pepper

### References

* James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics