caliphate

English

Alternative forms

• khalifate

Etymology

From caliph +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkælɪfeɪt/

Noun

caliphate (plural caliphates)

1. A unified federal Islamic government for the Muslim world, ruled by an elected head of state or caliph.

Translations

Islamic government

• Arabic: خلافة (ar) (khilaafa) f
• Armenian: խալիֆայություն (hy) (xalifayut’yun)
• Bosnian: kalifat m, halifat m
• Czech: kalifát (cs), chalífát (cs)
• Esperanto: kalifujo (eo)
• Estonian: kalifaat (et)
• Finnish: kalifaatti (fi)
• French: califat (fr) m
• German: Kalifat (de) n
• Hindi: ख़िलाफ़त (hi) (xilāfat) f
• Irish: cailifeacht (ga) f
• Italian: califfato (it) m

• Lithuanian: kalifatas (lt) m
• Persian: خلافت (fa) (xelâfet)
• Polish: kalifat (pl) m
• Portuguese: califado (pt) m
• Russian: халифат (ru) (xalifát) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: калифат (sh) m, халифат (sh) m

  Roman: kalifat (sh) m, halifat (sh) m

• Turkish: hilafet (tr), halifelik (tr)
• Ukrainian: халіфат (uk) (xalifát)
• Urdu: خلافت (ur) (xilāfat) f

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