califa

Concepts

caliph

Synonyms

caliente

🥵

calipf

Translations

califa

califfo

halife

calife

Kalif

kalief

califa

khalife

χαλίφης

خليفة

خهلیفه

geiler Bock

خَلِيفَةٌ ج خُلَفَاءُ

خَلِيفَة

Hyphenated as

ca‧li‧fa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈlifa/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: calife

In summary

Borrowed from French calife, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “vicar, successor”). Displaced patrimonial instance halifa as borrowed directly from Andalusian Arabic خَلِيْفَة (ẖalífah).