خلافة

Arabic

Root
خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xi.laː.fa/

Noun

خِلَافَة • (ḵilāfa) f (plural خِلَافَات (ḵilāfāt))

1. verbal noun of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa) (form I)
2. succession
3. state of being a deputy or successor
4. caliphate (the position of, or state ruled by, a caliph)

Declension

Declension of noun خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِلَافَة ḵilāfa	الْخِلَافَة al-ḵilāfa	خِلَافَة ḵilāfat
Nominative	خِلَافَةٌ ḵilāfatun	الْخِلَافَةُ al-ḵilāfatu	خِلَافَةُ ḵilāfatu
Accusative	خِلَافَةً ḵilāfatan	الْخِلَافَةَ al-ḵilāfata	خِلَافَةَ ḵilāfata
Genitive	خِلَافَةٍ ḵilāfatin	الْخِلَافَةِ al-ḵilāfati	خِلَافَةِ ḵilāfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِلَافَتَيْن ḵilāfatayn	الْخِلَافَتَيْن al-ḵilāfatayn	خِلَافَتَيْ ḵilāfatay
Nominative	خِلَافَتَانِ ḵilāfatāni	الْخِلَافَتَانِ al-ḵilāfatāni	خِلَافَتَا ḵilāfatā
Accusative	خِلَافَتَيْنِ ḵilāfatayni	الْخِلَافَتَيْنِ al-ḵilāfatayni	خِلَافَتَيْ ḵilāfatay
Genitive	خِلَافَتَيْنِ ḵilāfatayni	الْخِلَافَتَيْنِ al-ḵilāfatayni	خِلَافَتَيْ ḵilāfatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِلَافَات ḵilāfāt	الْخِلَافَات al-ḵilāfāt	خِلَافَات ḵilāfāt
Nominative	خِلَافَاتٌ ḵilāfātun	الْخِلَافَاتُ al-ḵilāfātu	خِلَافَاتُ ḵilāfātu
Accusative	خِلَافَاتٍ ḵilāfātin	الْخِلَافَاتِ al-ḵilāfāti	خِلَافَاتِ ḵilāfāti
Genitive	خِلَافَاتٍ ḵilāfātin	الْخِلَافَاتِ al-ḵilāfāti	خِلَافَاتِ ḵilāfāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xilafət
• → Classical Malay: khilafah
  • Malay: khilafah
    • Indonesian: khilafah
• → Ottoman Turkish: خلافت (hılafet)
  • Turkish: hilafet
• → Pashto: خلافت (xilāfát)
• → Persian: خلافت (xelâfat)
  • → Bengali: খেলাফত (khelaphot)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: ख़िलाफ़त (xilāfat)
    • Urdu: خلافت (xilāfat)
  • → Malayalam: ഖിലാഫത്ത് (khilāphattŭ)
  • → Punjabi: خِلَافَت (xilāfat)
  • → Sindhi: خلافت