خلیفه

See also: خليفة, خلیفہ, and جلیقه

Azerbaijani

Noun

خلیفه

1. Arabic spelling of xəlifə

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^[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]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.liː.fǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.liː.fǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.li.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 (xalife-hâ))

1. caliph

Descendants

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