kalif

kalif (plural kalifs)

1. Alternative spelling of caliph.
2. A rank in the Ku Klux Klan

• flaki

• IPA^(key): [ˈkalɪf]

kalif m anim

1. caliph

   Synonym: chalífa

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived from Arabic خليفة.

• IPA^(key): [kaˈlif]

kalif (singular definite kaliffen, plural indefinite kaliffer)

1. caliph

• kalifat

• “kalif” in Den Danske Ordbog

• kaliff
• ħalif (obsolete)

Borrowed from Italian califfo. Doublet of ħalif.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈliːf/

kalif m (plural kalifi)

1. caliph

Internationalism; compare English caliph, French calife, German Kalif, ultimately from Arabic خليفة.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.lif/

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• Rhymes: -alif
• Syllabification: ka‧lif

kalif m pers

1. caliph (monarchical title based on claim to be a successor of Muhammad)

   Hypernym: władca

• kalif in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kalif in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kalif in PWN's encyclopedia

• hàlīf

• IPA^(key): /kǎliːf/

kàlīf m anim (Cyrillic spelling ка̀лӣф)

1. caliph

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”), from the triliteral root خ ل ف (ḵ l f); literally, "successor, substitute". Cognate of Medieval Latin calipha.

kalif c

1. caliph

• kalifat

• kalif in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker