خلیفه

خلیفه

See also: خليفة‎, خلیفہ‎, and جلیقه‎

Azerbaijani

Noun

خلیفه

1. Arabic spelling of xəlifə

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيفَة‎ (ḵalīfa).

Noun

خلیفه • (halife)

1. caliph

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Descendants

• Turkish: halife

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “halife”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “خلیفه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 863

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيفَة‎ (ḵalīfa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xaliːˈfa/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /xaliːˈfa/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /xæliːˈfe/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /xaliˈfa/

Noun

Dari	خلیفه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	халифа (xalifa)

خلیفه • (xalife) (plural خلفا‎ (xolafâ) or خلیفه‌ها‎ (xalife-hâ))

1. caliph

Descendants

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: ख़लीफ़ा (xalīfā)
  • Urdu: خلیفہ‎‎ (xalīfa)
    • → Telugu: ఖలీఫా (khalīphā)
• → Punjabi:
  • Shahmukhi: خَلِیفَہ‎ (xalīfa)
  • Gurmukhi: ਖ਼ਲੀਫ਼ਾ (xalīfā)
• → Sindhi: خليفو‎ (xalīfo)