خليفة

See also: خلیفه, خلیفہ, and جلیقه

Arabic

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb active participle from the verb خَلَفَ (ḵalafa, “to be the successor, to substitute for”), with unexpected feminine ending, from the root خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f); literally, "successor, substitute".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xa.liː.fa/

Noun

خَلِيفَة • (ḵalīfa) m (plural خُلَفَاء (ḵulafāʔ) or خَلَائِف (ḵalāʔif))

a successor
a caliph
a deputy, a vicar, a substitute, a representative

Declension

Declension of noun خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَلِيفَة ḵalīfa	الْخَلِيفَة al-ḵalīfa	خَلِيفَة ḵalīfat
Nominative	خَلِيفَةٌ ḵalīfatun	الْخَلِيفَةُ al-ḵalīfatu	خَلِيفَةُ ḵalīfatu
Accusative	خَلِيفَةً ḵalīfatan	الْخَلِيفَةَ al-ḵalīfata	خَلِيفَةَ ḵalīfata
Genitive	خَلِيفَةٍ ḵalīfatin	الْخَلِيفَةِ al-ḵalīfati	خَلِيفَةِ ḵalīfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَلِيفَتَيْن ḵalīfatayn	الْخَلِيفَتَيْن al-ḵalīfatayn	خَلِيفَتَيْ ḵalīfatay
Nominative	خَلِيفَتَانِ ḵalīfatāni	الْخَلِيفَتَانِ al-ḵalīfatāni	خَلِيفَتَا ḵalīfatā
Accusative	خَلِيفَتَيْنِ ḵalīfatayni	الْخَلِيفَتَيْنِ al-ḵalīfatayni	خَلِيفَتَيْ ḵalīfatay
Genitive	خَلِيفَتَيْنِ ḵalīfatayni	الْخَلِيفَتَيْنِ al-ḵalīfatayni	خَلِيفَتَيْ ḵalīfatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُلَفَاء‎; خَلَائِف ḵulafāʔ‎; ḵalāʔif	الْخُلَفَاء‎; الْخَلَائِف al-ḵulafāʔ‎; al-ḵalāʔif	خُلَفَاء‎; خَلَائِف ḵulafāʔ‎; ḵalāʔif
Nominative	خُلَفَاءُ‎; خَلَائِفُ ḵulafāʔu‎; ḵalāʔifu	الْخُلَفَاءُ‎; الْخَلَائِفُ al-ḵulafāʔu‎; al-ḵalāʔifu	خُلَفَاءُ‎; خَلَائِفُ ḵulafāʔu‎; ḵalāʔifu
Accusative	خُلَفَاءَ‎; خَلَائِفَ ḵulafāʔa‎; ḵalāʔifa	الْخُلَفَاءَ‎; الْخَلَائِفَ al-ḵulafāʔa‎; al-ḵalāʔifa	خُلَفَاءَ‎; خَلَائِفَ ḵulafāʔa‎; ḵalāʔifa
Genitive	خُلَفَاءَ‎; خَلَائِفَ ḵulafāʔa‎; ḵalāʔifa	الْخُلَفَاءِ‎; الْخَلَائِفِ al-ḵulafāʔi‎; al-ḵalāʔifi	خُلَفَاءِ‎; خَلَائِفِ ḵulafāʔi‎; ḵalāʔifi

Descendants

→ Assamese: খলিফা (kholipha)
→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܲܠܝܼܦ̮ܵܐ (kalīfā), ܟ݂ܲܠܝܼܦ̮ܵܐ (ḵalīfā)
→ Azerbaijani: xəlifə
→ Bashkir: хәлифә (xəlifə)
→ Bengali: খলিফা (kholipha)
→ Chagatai: خلیفه
- Uyghur: خەلىپە (xelipe)
- Uzbek: xalifa
- Turkmen: halypa
→ Georgian: ხალიფა (xalipa)
→ Japanese: ハリーファ (harīfa)
→ Malay: khalifah
- Indonesian: khalifah
→ Medieval Latin: calipha, calīfa, chalīfa
- Catalan: califa
- Old French: caliphe
  - French: calife
  - → English: caliph
- Italian: califfo
- Portuguese: califa
- Spanish: califa
- → Czech: kalif
- → Dutch: kalief
- → Esperanto: kalifo, ĥalifo
- → Polish: kalif
- → Russian: кали́ф (kalíf), хали́ф (xalíf)
- → German: Kalif
→ Middle Armenian: խալիֆայ (xalifay)
→ Ottoman Turkish: خلیفه
- Turkish: halife
→ Classical Persian: خَلِیفَه (xalīfa)
- → Hindustani:
  - Hindi: ख़लीफ़ा (xalīfā)
  - Urdu: خلیفہ (xalīfa)
    - → Telugu: ఖలీఫా (khalīphā)
- → Punjabi:
  - Shahmukhi script: خَلِیفَہ (xalīfa)
  - Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਲੀਫ਼ਾ (xalīfā)
- → Sindhi: خليفو (xalīfo)
→ Swahili: khalifa
→ Tatar: хәлифә (xälifä)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “خلف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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