califa

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈli.fə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [kaˈli.fa]
  • Rhymes: -ifa
  • Hyphenation: ca‧li‧fa

Noun

califa m (plural califes)

  1. caliph

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈli.fɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈli.fa/

  • Rhymes: -ifɐ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧li‧fa

Noun

califa m (plural califas)

  1. caliph (political leader of the Muslim world)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French calife, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “vicar, successor”). Displaced patrimonial instance halifa as borrowed directly from Andalusian Arabic خَلِيْفَة (ẖalífah).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈlifa/ [kaˈli.fa]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ifa
  • Syllabification: ca‧li‧fa

Noun

califa m (plural califas)

  1. caliph

Derived terms

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