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Latin
Etymology
From Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”), from the triliteral root خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f), literally "successor".
Pronunciation
Noun
calīpha m (genitive calīphae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) caliph
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- calipha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- calipha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- calipha in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016