خلیفه
Azerbaijani edit
Noun edit
خلیفه
- Arabic spelling of xəlifə
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa).
Noun edit
خلیفه • (halife)
- caliph
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: halife
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “halife”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خلیفه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 863
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xa.liː.ˈfa]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xæ.liː.fé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χä.li.fǽ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | xalīfa |
Dari reading? | xalīfa |
Iranian reading? | xalife |
Tajik reading? | xalifa |
Noun edit
Dari | خلیفه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | халифа |
خلیفه • (xalife) (plural خلفا (xolafâ) or خلیفهها (xalife-hâ))