خلیفہ

See also: خليفة‎, خلیفه‎, and جلیقه‎

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (xalifa), from Arabic خَلِيفَة‎ (ḵalīfa).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xə.liː.fɑ(ː)/

Noun

خَلِیْفَہ • (xalīfa) m (plural خلفا‎, Hindi spelling ख़लीफ़ा)

caliph, successor

Descendants

→ Telugu: ఖలీఫా (khalīphā)

References

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

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