خلافة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xi.laː.fa/

Noun

خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa) f (plural خِلَافَات (ḵilāfāt))

  1. verbal noun of خَلَفَ (ḵalafa) (form I)
  2. succession
  3. state of being a deputy or successor
  4. caliphate (the position of, or state ruled by, a caliph)

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: xilafət
  • Classical Malay: khilafah
  • Ottoman Turkish: خلافت (hılafet)
    • Turkish: hilafet
  • Pashto: خلافت (xilāfát)
  • Persian: خلافت (xelâfat)
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