خلافت
Ottoman Turkish
Noun
خلافت • (ḫılâfet)
- 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
- 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
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “خلافت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 858
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /xilɑːfat/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /xɪlɑːfat/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /xelɒːfæt/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /xilɔfat/
Punjabi
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “خِلافت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Sindhi
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)
- caliphate
- خِلافَتِ عُثْمانِیَہ ― xilāfat-i ‘us̱māniyah ― Ottoman Caliphate
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