ख़िलाफ़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• खिलाफ़ (khilāf) (nuqtaless), खिलाफ (khilāph) (nuqtaless)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خِلَاف (xilāf), from Arabic خِلَاف (ḵilāf).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xɪ.lɑːf/, [xɪ.läːf], /kʰɪ.lɑːpʰ/, [kʰɪ.läːpʰ]

Adjective

ख़िलाफ़ • (xilāf) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خلاف)

1. against, opposed

Derived terms

• के ख़िलाफ़ (ke xilāf)
• ख़िलाफ़त (xilāfat)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ख़िलाफ़”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 132.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ख़िलाफ़”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 159
• “ख़िलाफ”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ख़िलाफ़”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़िलाफ़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 238
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ख़िलाफ़”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.