خلیفہ

See also: خليفة, خلیفه, and جلیقه

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلیفه (xalifa), from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xə.liː.fɑ(ː)/
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  • Hyphenation: خَ‧لِی‧فَہ

Noun

خَلِیفَہ • (xalīfa) m (formal plural خُلَفا (xulafā), Hindi spelling ख़लीफ़ा)

  1. caliph
  2. successor
  3. (wrestling) the most gifted wrestler (after the teacher)
  4. (archaic) a Muslim cook, tailor, barber etc.

Descendants

  • → Telugu: ఖలీఫా (khalīphā)

References

  • “خلیفہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “خلیفہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خليفہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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