"خليفة" meaning in Arabic

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Noun

IPA: /xa.liː.fa/
Etymology: فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb active participle from the verb خَلَفَ (ḵalafa, “to be the successor, to substitute for”), with unexpected feminine ending, from the root خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f); literally, "successor, substitute". Etymology templates: {{ar-active participle|lc=1|nocat=1|noderived=1}} active participle, {{ar-root|خ ل ف}} خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f) Head templates: {{ar-noun|خَلِيفَة|m|pl=خُلَفَاء|pl2=خَلَائِف}} خَلِيفَة • (ḵalīfa) m (plural خُلَفَاء (ḵulafāʔ) or خَلَائِف (ḵalāʔif)) Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|خَلِيفَة|pl=خُلَفَاء|pl2=خَلَائِف}} Forms: خَلِيفَة [canonical], ḵalīfa [romanization], خُلَفَاء [plural], خَلَائِف [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], خَلِيفَة [ar-infl-a, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], الْخَلِيفَة [ar-infl-a, definite, informal, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَة [ar-infl-a, construct, informal, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَةٌ [ar-infl-a, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], الْخَلِيفَةُ [ar-infl-a, definite, nominative, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَةُ [ar-infl-a, construct, nominative, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَةً [accusative, ar-infl-a, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْخَلِيفَةَ [accusative, ar-infl-a, definite, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَةَ [accusative, ar-infl-a, construct, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَةٍ [ar-infl-a, genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْخَلِيفَةِ [ar-infl-a, definite, genitive, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَةِ [ar-infl-a, construct, genitive, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَتَيْن [ar-infl-a, dual, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], الْخَلِيفَتَيْن [ar-infl-a, definite, dual, informal, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَتَيْ [ar-infl-a, construct, dual, informal, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَتَانِ [ar-infl-a, dual, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], الْخَلِيفَتَانِ [ar-infl-a, definite, dual, nominative, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَتَا [ar-infl-a, construct, dual, nominative, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَتَيْنِ [accusative, ar-infl-a, dual, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْخَلِيفَتَيْنِ [accusative, ar-infl-a, definite, dual, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَتَيْ [accusative, ar-infl-a, construct, dual, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَتَيْنِ [ar-infl-a, dual, genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْخَلِيفَتَيْنِ [ar-infl-a, definite, dual, genitive, singular, triptote], خَلِيفَتَيْ [ar-infl-a, construct, dual, genitive, singular, triptote], خُلَفَاء [broken-form, diptote, indefinite, informal, plural], خَلَائِف [broken-form, diptote, indefinite, informal, plural], الْخُلَفَاء [broken-form, definite, diptote, informal, plural], الْخَلَائِف [broken-form, definite, diptote, informal, plural], خُلَفَاء [broken-form, construct, diptote, informal, plural], خَلَائِف [broken-form, construct, diptote, informal, plural], خُلَفَاءُ [broken-form, diptote, indefinite, nominative, plural], خَلَائِفُ [broken-form, diptote, indefinite, nominative, plural], الْخُلَفَاءُ [broken-form, definite, diptote, nominative, plural], الْخَلَائِفُ [broken-form, definite, diptote, nominative, plural], خُلَفَاءُ [broken-form, construct, diptote, nominative, plural], خَلَائِفُ [broken-form, construct, diptote, nominative, plural], خُلَفَاءَ [accusative, broken-form, diptote, indefinite, plural], خَلَائِفَ [accusative, broken-form, diptote, indefinite, plural], الْخُلَفَاءَ [accusative, broken-form, definite, diptote, plural], الْخَلَائِفَ [accusative, broken-form, definite, diptote, plural], خُلَفَاءَ [accusative, broken-form, construct, diptote, plural], خَلَائِفَ [accusative, broken-form, construct, diptote, plural], خُلَفَاءَ [broken-form, diptote, genitive, indefinite, plural], خَلَائِفَ [broken-form, diptote, genitive, indefinite, plural], الْخُلَفَاءِ [broken-form, definite, diptote, genitive, plural], الْخَلَائِفِ [broken-form, definite, diptote, genitive, plural], خُلَفَاءِ [broken-form, construct, diptote, genitive, plural], خَلَائِفِ [broken-form, construct, diptote, genitive, plural]
  1. a successor
    Sense id: en-خليفة-ar-noun-Bfz1WU1T Categories (other): Arabic terms belonging to the root خ ل ف Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root خ ل ف: 43 8 49
  2. a caliph
    Sense id: en-خليفة-ar-noun-6H1SBku1
  3. a deputy, a vicar, a substitute, a representative
    Sense id: en-خليفة-ar-noun-BXJfpKYL Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with basic diptote broken plural, Arabic nouns with broken plural, Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a, Arabic terms belonging to the root خ ل ف, Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 35 6 59 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic diptote broken plural: 30 10 59 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with broken plural: 30 10 60 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a: 36 15 49 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root خ ل ف: 43 8 49 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 17 4 80

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "খলিফা",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: খলিফা (kholipha)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: খলিফা (kholipha)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "aii",
            "2": "ܟܲܠܝܼܦ̮ܵܐ",
            "3": "ܟ݂ܲܠܝܼܦ̮ܵܐ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܲܠܝܼܦ̮ܵܐ (kalīfā), ܟ݂ܲܠܝܼܦ̮ܵܐ (ḵalīfā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܲܠܝܼܦ̮ܵܐ (kalīfā), ܟ݂ܲܠܝܼܦ̮ܵܐ (ḵalīfā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "xəlifə",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: xəlifə",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: xəlifə"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "хәлифә",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkir: хәлифә (xəlifə)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkir: хәлифә (xəlifə)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "খলিফা",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: খলিফা (kholipha)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: খলিফা (kholipha)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "chg",
            "2": "خلیفه",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chagatai: خلیفه",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chagatai: خلیفه"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "خەلىپە"
          },
          "expansion": "Uyghur: خەلىپە (xelipe)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uyghur: خەلىپە (xelipe)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "xalifa"
          },
          "expansion": "Uzbek: xalifa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uzbek: xalifa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tk",
            "2": "halypa"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkmen: halypa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkmen: halypa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ხალიფა",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ხალიფა (xalipa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ხალიფა (xalipa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ハリーファ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "harīfa"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ハリーファ (harīfa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ハリーファ (harīfa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "khalifah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: khalifah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: khalifah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "khalifah"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: khalifah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: khalifah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ML.",
            "2": "calipha",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Medieval Latin: calipha, calīfa, chalīfa\nCatalan: califa\nOld French: caliphe\nFrench: calife\n→ English: caliph\nItalian: califfo\nPortuguese: califa\nSpanish: califa\n→ Czech: kalif\n→ Dutch: kalief\n→ Esperanto: kalifo, ĥalifo\n→ Polish: kalif\n→ Russian: кали́ф (kalíf), хали́ф (xalíf)\n→ German: Kalif",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Medieval Latin: calipha, calīfa, chalīfa\nCatalan: califa\nOld French: caliphe\nFrench: calife\n→ English: caliph\nItalian: califfo\nPortuguese: califa\nSpanish: califa\n→ Czech: kalif\n→ Dutch: kalief\n→ Esperanto: kalifo, ĥalifo\n→ Polish: kalif\n→ Russian: кали́ф (kalíf), хали́ф (xalíf)\n→ German: Kalif"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "axm",
            "2": "խալիֆայ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Armenian: խալիֆայ (xalifay)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Armenian: խալիֆայ (xalifay)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "خلیفه",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: خلیفه\nTurkish: halife",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: خلیفه\nTurkish: halife"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-cls",
            "2": "خَلِیفَه",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Persian: خَلِیفَه (xalīfa)\n→ Hindustani:\nHindi: ख़लीफ़ा (xalīfā)\nUrdu: خلیفہ (xalīfa)\n→ Telugu: ఖలీఫా (khalīphā)\n→ Punjabi:\nShahmukhi script: خَلِیفَہ (xalīfa)\nGurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਲੀਫ਼ਾ (xalīfā)\n→ Sindhi: خليفو (xalīfo)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Persian: خَلِیفَه (xalīfa)\n→ Hindustani:\nHindi: ख़लीफ़ा (xalīfā)\nUrdu: خلیفہ (xalīfa)\n→ Telugu: ఖలీఫా (khalīphā)\n→ Punjabi:\nShahmukhi script: خَلِیفَہ (xalīfa)\nGurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਲੀਫ਼ਾ (xalīfā)\n→ Sindhi: خليفو (xalīfo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "khalifa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swahili: khalifa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swahili: khalifa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tt",
            "2": "хәлифә",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tatar: хәлифә (xälifä)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tatar: хәлифә (xälifä)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "lc": "1",
        "nocat": "1",
        "noderived": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "active participle",
      "name": "ar-active participle"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "خ ل ف"
      },
      "expansion": "خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f)",
      "name": "ar-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb active participle from the verb خَلَفَ (ḵalafa, “to be the successor, to substitute for”), with unexpected feminine ending, from the root خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f); literally, \"successor, substitute\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَة",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḵalīfa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خُلَفَاء",
      "roman": "ḵulafāʔ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلَائِف",
      "roman": "ḵalāʔif",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَة",
      "roman": "ḵalīfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخَلِيفَة",
      "roman": "al-ḵalīfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَة",
      "roman": "ḵalīfat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَةٌ",
      "roman": "ḵalīfatun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخَلِيفَةُ",
      "roman": "al-ḵalīfatu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَةُ",
      "roman": "ḵalīfatu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَةً",
      "roman": "ḵalīfatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخَلِيفَةَ",
      "roman": "al-ḵalīfata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَةَ",
      "roman": "ḵalīfata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَةٍ",
      "roman": "ḵalīfatin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخَلِيفَةِ",
      "roman": "al-ḵalīfati",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَةِ",
      "roman": "ḵalīfati",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَتَيْن",
      "roman": "ḵalīfatayn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخَلِيفَتَيْن",
      "roman": "al-ḵalīfatayn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَتَيْ",
      "roman": "ḵalīfatay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَتَانِ",
      "roman": "ḵalīfatāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخَلِيفَتَانِ",
      "roman": "al-ḵalīfatāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَتَا",
      "roman": "ḵalīfatā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "ḵalīfatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخَلِيفَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "al-ḵalīfatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَتَيْ",
      "roman": "ḵalīfatay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "ḵalīfatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخَلِيفَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "al-ḵalīfatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَتَيْ",
      "roman": "ḵalīfatay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خُلَفَاء",
      "roman": "ḵulafāʔ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلَائِف",
      "roman": "ḵalāʔif",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخُلَفَاء",
      "roman": "al-ḵulafāʔ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخَلَائِف",
      "roman": "al-ḵalāʔif",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خُلَفَاء",
      "roman": "ḵulafāʔ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلَائِف",
      "roman": "ḵalāʔif",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خُلَفَاءُ",
      "roman": "ḵulafāʔu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلَائِفُ",
      "roman": "ḵalāʔifu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخُلَفَاءُ",
      "roman": "al-ḵulafāʔu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخَلَائِفُ",
      "roman": "al-ḵalāʔifu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خُلَفَاءُ",
      "roman": "ḵulafāʔu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلَائِفُ",
      "roman": "ḵalāʔifu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خُلَفَاءَ",
      "roman": "ḵulafāʔa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلَائِفَ",
      "roman": "ḵalāʔifa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخُلَفَاءَ",
      "roman": "al-ḵulafāʔa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخَلَائِفَ",
      "roman": "al-ḵalāʔifa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خُلَفَاءَ",
      "roman": "ḵulafāʔa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلَائِفَ",
      "roman": "ḵalāʔifa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خُلَفَاءَ",
      "roman": "ḵulafāʔa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلَائِفَ",
      "roman": "ḵalāʔifa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخُلَفَاءِ",
      "roman": "al-ḵulafāʔi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخَلَائِفِ",
      "roman": "al-ḵalāʔifi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خُلَفَاءِ",
      "roman": "ḵulafāʔi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلَائِفِ",
      "roman": "ḵalāʔifi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "خَلِيفَة",
        "2": "m",
        "pl": "خُلَفَاء",
        "pl2": "خَلَائِف"
      },
      "expansion": "خَلِيفَة • (ḵalīfa) m (plural خُلَفَاء (ḵulafāʔ) or خَلَائِف (ḵalāʔif))",
      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "خَلِيفَة",
        "pl": "خُلَفَاء",
        "pl2": "خَلَائِف"
      },
      "name": "ar-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 8 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms belonging to the root خ ل ف",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a successor"
      ],
      "id": "en-خليفة-ar-noun-Bfz1WU1T",
      "links": [
        [
          "successor",
          "successor"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a caliph"
      ],
      "id": "en-خليفة-ar-noun-6H1SBku1",
      "links": [
        [
          "caliph",
          "caliph"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 6 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 10 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic diptote broken plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 10 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with broken plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 15 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 8 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms belonging to the root خ ل ف",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 4 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a deputy, a vicar, a substitute, a representative"
      ],
      "id": "en-خليفة-ar-noun-BXJfpKYL",
      "links": [
        [
          "deputy",
          "deputy"
        ],
        [
          "vicar",
          "vicar"
        ],
        [
          "substitute",
          "substitute"
        ],
        [
          "representative",
          "representative"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xa.liː.fa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "خليفة"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Arabic 3-syllable words",
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic masculine nouns",
    "Arabic nouns",
    "Arabic nouns with basic diptote broken plural",
    "Arabic nouns with broken plural",
    "Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a",
    "Arabic terms belonging to the root خ ل ف",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "খলিফা",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: খলিফা (kholipha)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: খলিফা (kholipha)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "aii",
            "2": "ܟܲܠܝܼܦ̮ܵܐ",
            "3": "ܟ݂ܲܠܝܼܦ̮ܵܐ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܲܠܝܼܦ̮ܵܐ (kalīfā), ܟ݂ܲܠܝܼܦ̮ܵܐ (ḵalīfā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܲܠܝܼܦ̮ܵܐ (kalīfā), ܟ݂ܲܠܝܼܦ̮ܵܐ (ḵalīfā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "xəlifə",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: xəlifə",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: xəlifə"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "хәлифә",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkir: хәлифә (xəlifə)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkir: хәлифә (xəlifə)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "খলিফা",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: খলিফা (kholipha)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: খলিফা (kholipha)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "chg",
            "2": "خلیفه",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chagatai: خلیفه",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chagatai: خلیفه"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "خەلىپە"
          },
          "expansion": "Uyghur: خەلىپە (xelipe)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uyghur: خەلىپە (xelipe)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "xalifa"
          },
          "expansion": "Uzbek: xalifa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uzbek: xalifa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tk",
            "2": "halypa"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkmen: halypa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkmen: halypa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "ხალიფა",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ხალიფა (xalipa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ხალიფა (xalipa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ハリーファ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "harīfa"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ハリーファ (harīfa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ハリーファ (harīfa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "khalifah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: khalifah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: khalifah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "khalifah"
          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: khalifah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: khalifah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ML.",
            "2": "calipha",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Medieval Latin: calipha, calīfa, chalīfa\nCatalan: califa\nOld French: caliphe\nFrench: calife\n→ English: caliph\nItalian: califfo\nPortuguese: califa\nSpanish: califa\n→ Czech: kalif\n→ Dutch: kalief\n→ Esperanto: kalifo, ĥalifo\n→ Polish: kalif\n→ Russian: кали́ф (kalíf), хали́ф (xalíf)\n→ German: Kalif",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Medieval Latin: calipha, calīfa, chalīfa\nCatalan: califa\nOld French: caliphe\nFrench: calife\n→ English: caliph\nItalian: califfo\nPortuguese: califa\nSpanish: califa\n→ Czech: kalif\n→ Dutch: kalief\n→ Esperanto: kalifo, ĥalifo\n→ Polish: kalif\n→ Russian: кали́ф (kalíf), хали́ф (xalíf)\n→ German: Kalif"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "axm",
            "2": "խալիֆայ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Armenian: խալիֆայ (xalifay)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Armenian: խալիֆայ (xalifay)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "خلیفه",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: خلیفه\nTurkish: halife",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: خلیفه\nTurkish: halife"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-cls",
            "2": "خَلِیفَه",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Persian: خَلِیفَه (xalīfa)\n→ Hindustani:\nHindi: ख़लीफ़ा (xalīfā)\nUrdu: خلیفہ (xalīfa)\n→ Telugu: ఖలీఫా (khalīphā)\n→ Punjabi:\nShahmukhi script: خَلِیفَہ (xalīfa)\nGurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਲੀਫ਼ਾ (xalīfā)\n→ Sindhi: خليفو (xalīfo)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Persian: خَلِیفَه (xalīfa)\n→ Hindustani:\nHindi: ख़लीफ़ा (xalīfā)\nUrdu: خلیفہ (xalīfa)\n→ Telugu: ఖలీఫా (khalīphā)\n→ Punjabi:\nShahmukhi script: خَلِیفَہ (xalīfa)\nGurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਲੀਫ਼ਾ (xalīfā)\n→ Sindhi: خليفو (xalīfo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "khalifa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swahili: khalifa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swahili: khalifa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tt",
            "2": "хәлифә",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tatar: хәлифә (xälifä)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tatar: хәлифә (xälifä)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "lc": "1",
        "nocat": "1",
        "noderived": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "active participle",
      "name": "ar-active participle"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "خ ل ف"
      },
      "expansion": "خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f)",
      "name": "ar-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb active participle from the verb خَلَفَ (ḵalafa, “to be the successor, to substitute for”), with unexpected feminine ending, from the root خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f); literally, \"successor, substitute\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَة",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḵalīfa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خُلَفَاء",
      "roman": "ḵulafāʔ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلَائِف",
      "roman": "ḵalāʔif",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَة",
      "roman": "ḵalīfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخَلِيفَة",
      "roman": "al-ḵalīfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَة",
      "roman": "ḵalīfat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلِيفَةٌ",
      "roman": "ḵalīfatun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "triptote"
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        "singular",
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        "plural"
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      ]
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    {
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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      "roman": "ḵalāʔifa",
      "source": "declension",
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        "diptote",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخُلَفَاءِ",
      "roman": "al-ḵulafāʔi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْخَلَائِفِ",
      "roman": "al-ḵalāʔifi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خُلَفَاءِ",
      "roman": "ḵulafāʔi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خَلَائِفِ",
      "roman": "ḵalāʔifi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "خَلِيفَة",
        "2": "m",
        "pl": "خُلَفَاء",
        "pl2": "خَلَائِف"
      },
      "expansion": "خَلِيفَة • (ḵalīfa) m (plural خُلَفَاء (ḵulafāʔ) or خَلَائِف (ḵalāʔif))",
      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "خَلِيفَة",
        "pl": "خُلَفَاء",
        "pl2": "خَلَائِف"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a successor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "successor",
          "successor"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a caliph"
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      "links": [
        [
          "caliph",
          "caliph"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a deputy, a vicar, a substitute, a representative"
      ],
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        [
          "deputy",
          "deputy"
        ],
        [
          "vicar",
          "vicar"
        ],
        [
          "substitute",
          "substitute"
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          "representative",
          "representative"
        ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xa.liː.fa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "خليفة"
}

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