califa

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈli.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈli.fa]

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

califa m (plural califes)

1. caliph

• califat

• khalifa (pre-reform spelling)

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

califa m (plural califas)

1. caliph (political leader of the Muslim world)

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).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlifa/ [kaˈli.fa]

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• Rhymes: -ifa
• Syllabification: ca‧li‧fa

califa m (plural califas)

1. caliph

• “califa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024