خلیفه
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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, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 863
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| 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))