خلیفه

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xalīfa
Dari reading? xalīfa
Iranian reading? xalife
Tajik reading? xalifa

Noun

خلیفه • (xalīfa / xalife) (plural خلفا (xulafā / xolafâ), or خلیفه‌ها (xalīfa-hā / xalife-hâ), Tajik spelling халифа)

  1. caliph

Derived terms

Descendants