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))

1. a successor
2. a caliph
3. a deputy, a vicar, a substitute, a representative

Declension

Declension of noun خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	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
	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