χαλίφης

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed.

  • Either a learned borrowing from Arabic خَلِيفَة‎ (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) (according to Andriotis[1]).
  • Or from Ottoman Turkish خلیفه‎ (halife), from Arabic خَلِيفَة‎ (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) (according to Babiniotis[2]). From the Arabic is also derived the Mediaeval Greek χαλιφᾰς (khaliphas, “Muhammad's successor”) of the 11th century, with a later sense "Muslim political and religious leader".
  • Or a learned borrowing from Italian califfo or French calife (according to Petrounias[3]), stem [kalif-] + ending -ης, from Arabic خَلِيفَة‎ (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) with [k > x] under the influence of the Mediaeval χαλιφᾰς (khaliphas).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xaˈli.fis/
  • Hyphenation: χα‧λί‧φης

Noun

χαλίφης • (chalífis) m (plural χαλίφηδες or χαλίφες)

  1. caliph

Declension
declension of χαλίφης
case     \     number singular plural
nominative χαλίφης • χαλίφηδες •
genitive χαλίφη • χαλίφηδων •
accusative χαλίφη • χαλίφηδες •
vocative χαλίφη • χαλίφηδες •
  • Plural -ες According to sources[3][4], probably an earlier version.
declension of χαλίφης
case     \     number singular plural
nominative χαλίφης • χαλίφες •
genitive χαλίφη • χαλιφών •
accusative χαλίφη • χαλίφες •
vocative χαλίφη • χαλίφες •

References
  1. Andriotis, Nikolaos Pantelis (1983), “χαλίφης”, in Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Etymological Dictionary of Koine Neo-Hellenic] (in Greek), 3rd ed. (1st ed. 1951), Thessaloniki: Aristotelian University, the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation
  2. Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “χαλίφης”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  3. χαλίφης - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  4. Georgios Babiniotis (2002), “χαλίφης”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.

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