خلیفہ
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian خلیفه (xalifa), from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xə.liː.fɑ(ː)/
Audio (PK) (file) - Hyphenation: خَ‧لِی‧فَہ
Noun edit
خَلِیْفَہ • (xaliyfa) m (formal plural خلفا, Hindi spelling ख़लीफ़ा)
- caliph
- successor
- (wrestling) the most gifted wrestler (after the teacher)
- (archaic) a Muslim cook, tailor, barber etc.
Descendants edit
- → Telugu: ఖలీఫా (khalīphā)
References edit
- “خلیفہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “خلیفہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خليفہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.