califa
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈli.fə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [kaˈli.fa]
- Rhymes: -ifa
- Hyphenation: ca‧li‧fa
Noun edit
califa m (plural califes)
Related terms edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ifɐ
- Hyphenation: ca‧li‧fa
Noun edit
califa m (plural califas)
- caliph (political leader of the Muslim world)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French calife, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “vicar, successor”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
califa m (plural califas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “califa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014