kalif

See also: Kalif

English

Noun

kalif (plural kalifs)

1. Alternative spelling of caliph
2. A rank in the Ku Klux Klan

Anagrams

• flaki

Czech

Noun

kalif m anim

1. caliph

   Synonym: chalífa

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• kalifát

 

Maltese

Alternative forms

• kaliff
• ħalif (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian califfo. Doublet of ħalif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈliːf/

Noun

kalif m (plural kalifi)

1. caliph

Related terms

• kalifat

 

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English caliph, French calife, German Kalif, ultimately from Arabic خليفة.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.lif/

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• Rhymes: -alif
• Syllabification: ka‧lif

Noun

kalif m pers

1. caliph (monarchical title based on claim to be a successor of Muhammad)

   Hypernym: władca

Declension

Declension of kalif

	singular	plural
nominative	kalif	kalifowie/kalify (deprecative)
genitive	kalifa	kalifów
dative	kalifowi	kalifom
accusative	kalifa	kalifów
instrumental	kalifem	kalifami
locative	kalifie	kalifach
vocative	kalifie	kalifowie

Related terms

nouns

• kalifat

 

Further reading

• kalif in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kalif in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kalif in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• hàlīf

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǎliːf/

Noun

kàlīf m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀лӣф)

1. caliph

Declension

Declension of kalif

	singular	plural
nominative	kàlīf	kalifi
genitive	kalífa	kalifa
dative	kalifu	kalifima
accusative	kalifa	kalife
vocative	kalife	kalifi
locative	kalifu	kalifima
instrumental	kalifom	kalifima

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”), from the triliteral root خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f); literally, "successor, substitute". Cognate of Medieval Latin calipha.

Noun

kalif c

1. caliph

Declension

Declension of kalif

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kalif	kalifs
	definite	kalifen	kalifens
plural	indefinite	kalifer	kalifers
	definite	kaliferna	kalifernas

Related terms

• kalifat

References

• kalif in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kalif in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kalif in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)