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Hindi
- खिलाफ़ (khilāf) (nuqtaless), खिलाफ (khilāph) (nuqtaless)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خِلَاف (xilāf), from Arabic خِلَاف (ḵilāf).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /xɪ.lɑːf/, , /kʰɪ.lɑːpʰ/,
Adjective
ख़िलाफ़ • (xilāf) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خلاف)
- against, opposed
Derived terms
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ख़िलाफ़”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 132.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ख़िलाफ़”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 159
- “ख़िलाफ”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ख़िलाफ़”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़िलाफ़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 238
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ख़िलाफ़”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.