خلفا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُلَفَاء (ḵulafāʔ).

Noun

خلفا • (hulefâ)

  1. plural of خلیفه (halife)

Descendants

  • Turkish: hulefa

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُلَفَاء (ḵulafāʔ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xulafā
Dari reading? xulafā
Iranian reading? xolafâ
Tajik reading? xulafo

Noun

Dari خلفا
Iranian Persian
Tajik хулафо

خلفا • (xolafâ)

  1. plural of خلیفه (xalife)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلفا (xolafâ), from Arabic خُلَفَاء (ḵulafāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

خُلَفا • (xulafā) m pl (Hindi spelling ख़ुलफ़ा)

  1. formal plural of خلیفہ (xalīfah, “caliph”)

References

  • “خلفا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “خلفا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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