خلیفه
Azerbaijani
Noun
خلیفه
- Arabic spelling of xəlifə
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa).
Noun
خلیفه • (halife)
- 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[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 863
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /xa.liː.ˈfa/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xä.liː.fǽ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xæ.liː.fé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χä.li.fǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xalīfa |
| Dari reading? | xalīfa |
| Iranian reading? | xalife |
| Tajik reading? | xalifa |
Noun
| Dari | خلیفه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | халифа |
خلیفه • (xalife) (plural خلفا (xolafâ), or خلیفهها)
Derived terms
- خلیفگی (xalifegi, “caliphship”)