خلافت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa).

Noun

خلافت • (ḫılâfet)

  1. the quality, rank, functions of one who succeeds or acts as a substitute for another; especially, of him who succeeds to and represents Muhammed; the caliphate
  2. the epoch or reign of any caliph

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • خلافت اتمك (ḫılâfet etmek, “to reign or officiate as caliph”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: hilafet

Further reading

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa).

Noun

خلافت • (xilāfát) m

  1. caliphate

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xɪ.lɑː.fät̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [xɪ.lɑː.fät̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [xi.lɔː.fät̪]

Readings
Classical reading? xilāfat
Dari reading? xilāfat
Iranian reading? xelâfat
Tajik reading? xilofat

Noun
Dari خلافت
Iranian Persian
Tajik хилофат

خلافت • (xelâfat)

  1. caliphate

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلافت (xilāfat), from Arabic خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa).

Noun

خِلَافَت • (xilāfat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ਤ)

  1. caliphate

Further reading
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “خِلافت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلافت (xilāfat), from Arabic خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa).

Noun

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خلافت • (transliteration needed) ?

  1. caliphate

Further reading
  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “خِلافَتَ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • “خلافت”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866-1938

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلافت (xilāfat), from Arabic خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xɪ.lɑː.fət̪/
  • Rhymes: -ət̪
  • Hyphenation: خِ‧لا‧فَت

Noun

خِلافَت • (xilāfat) f (Hindi spelling ख़िलाफ़त)

  1. caliphate
    خِلافَتِ عُثْمانِیَہ ― xilāfat-i ‘us̱māniyah ― Ottoman Caliphate

Declension
Declension of خلافت
singular plural
direct خلافت (xilāfat) خلافتیں (xilāfatẽ)
oblique خلافت (xilāfat) خلافتوں (xilāfatõ)
vocative خلافت (xilāfat) خلافتو (xilāfato)

References
  • “خلافت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “خلافت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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