califa

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈli.fə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kaˈli.fa]
Rhymes: -ifa
Hyphenation: ca‧li‧fa

Noun

califa m (plural califes)

caliph

Related terms

califat

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.fɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.fa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈli.fɐ/

Rhymes: -ifɐ
Hyphenation: ca‧li‧fa

Noun

califa m (plural califas)

caliph (political leader of the Muslim world)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French calife, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “vicar, successor”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈlifa/ [kaˈli.fa]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -ifa
Syllabification: ca‧li‧fa

Noun

califa m (plural califas)

caliph

Derived terms

Further reading

“califa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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