خليفة
Meaning
- a successor
- a caliph
- a deputy, a vicar, a substitute, a representative
Translations
sucessor
successeur
successore
Nachfolger
opvolger
successor
califa
διάδοχος
halifeFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/xa.liː.fa/
Etymology
فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb active participle from the verb خَلَفَ (ḵalafa, “to be the successor, to substitute for”), with unexpected feminine ending, from the root خ ل ف (ḵ l f); literally, "successor, substitute".
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