χαλίφης

χαλίφης

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed.

• Either a learned borrowing from Arabic خَلِيفَة‎ (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) (according to Andriotis[1]).
• Or from Ottoman Turkish خلیفه‎ (halife), from Arabic خَلِيفَة‎ (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) (according to Babiniotis[2]). From the Arabic is also derived the Mediaeval Greek χαλιφᾰς (khaliphas, “Muhammad's successor”) of the 11th century, with a later sense "Muslim political and religious leader".
• Or a learned borrowing from Italian califfo or French calife (according to Petrounias[3]), stem [kalif-] + ending -ης, from Arabic خَلِيفَة‎ (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) with [k > x] under the influence of the Mediaeval χαλιφᾰς (khaliphas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈli.fis/
• Hyphenation: χα‧λί‧φης

Noun

χαλίφης • (chalífis) m (plural χαλίφηδες or χαλίφες)

1. caliph

Declension

• Plural -ηδες, according to similar nouns borrowed from Turkish in the pattern of μανάβης (manávis), μπακάλης (bakális).

declension of χαλίφης

case     \\     number	singular	plural
nominative	χαλίφης •	χαλίφηδες •
genitive	χαλίφη •	χαλίφηδων •
accusative	χαλίφη •	χαλίφηδες •
vocative	χαλίφη •	χαλίφηδες •

• Plural -ες According to sources[3][4], probably an earlier version.

declension of χαλίφης

case     \\     number	singular	plural
nominative	χαλίφης •	χαλίφες •
genitive	χαλίφη •	χαλιφών •
accusative	χαλίφη •	χαλίφες •
vocative	χαλίφη •	χαλίφες •

References

1. Andriotis, Nikolaos Pantelis (1983), “χαλίφης”, in Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Etymological Dictionary of Koine Neo-Hellenic] (in Greek), 3rd ed. (1st ed. 1951), Thessaloniki: Aristotelian University, the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation
2. Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “χαλίφης”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
3. χαλίφης - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
4. Georgios Babiniotis (2002), “χαλίφης”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.

Further reading

• χαλίφης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el