خلافت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa).

Noun

خلافت (ḫılâfet)

  1. the quality, rank, functions of one who succeeds or acts as a substitute for another; especially, of him who succeeds to and represents Muhammed; the caliphate
  2. the epoch or reign of any caliph

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • خلافت اتمك (ḫılâfet etmek, to reign or officiate as caliph)

Descendants

  • Turkish: hilafet

Further reading

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa).

Noun

خلافت (xilāfát) m

  1. caliphate

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /xilɔfat/

Noun

Dari خلافت
Iranian Persian
Tajik хилофат (xilofat)

خلافت (xelâfat)

  1. caliphate

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خلافت, from Arabic خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa).

Noun

خِلَافَت (xilāfat) f

  1. caliphate

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), خِلافت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خلافت, from Arabic خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa).

Noun

خلافت (transliteration needed) ?

  1. caliphate

Further reading

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), خِلافَتَ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary (in English), Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • خلافت”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary (in English), University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866-1938

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلافت (xelâfat), from Arabic خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xɪ.lɑː.fət̪/
  • (Deccani) IPA(key): /xɪ.lɑː.fət̪/
  • Rhymes: -ət̪
  • Hyphenation: خِ‧لا‧فَت

Noun

خِلافَت (xilāfat) f (Hindi spelling ख़िलाफ़त)

  1. caliphate
    خِلافَتِ عُثْمانِیَہxilāfat-i ‘us̱māniyahOttoman Caliphate

Declension

Declension of خلافت
singular plural
direct خلافت (xilāfat) خلافتیں (xilāfatẽ)
oblique خلافت (xilāfat) خلافتوں (xilāfatõ)
vocative خلافت (xilāfat) خلافتو (xilāfato)

References

  • خلافت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • خلافت”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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