"caliphate" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkælɪfeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caliphate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: caliphates [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin calīphātus, equivalent to caliph + -ate. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|calīphātus}} Medieval Latin calīphātus, {{suffix|en|caliph|ate}} caliph + -ate Head templates: {{en-noun}} caliphate (plural caliphates)
  1. A unified Islamic government for the Muslim world, ruled by a caliph. Wikipedia link: caliphate Categories (topical): Forms of government, Islam, Islamism, Theocracy Synonyms: khalifat, khalifate Derived forms: global caliphate Related terms: Caliph, Caliphist, Caliphism, Panislamism, Dar al-Islam Translations (Islamic government): kalifaat (Afrikaans), kalifat [masculine] (Albanian), خِلَافَة (ḵilāfa) [feminine] (Arabic), califato [masculine] (Aragonese), խալիֆայություն (xalifayutʻyun) (Armenian), խալիֆաթ (xalifatʻ) (Armenian), califatu [masculine] (Asturian), xəlifəlik (Azerbaijani), xilafət (Azerbaijani), хәлифәлек (xəlifəlek) (Bashkir), kalifa-herri (Basque), kaliferri (Basque), халіфат (xalifat) [masculine] (Belarusian), খেলাফত (khelaphot) (Bengali), kalifiezh [masculine] (Breton), халифат (halifat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), califat [masculine] (Catalan), خەلافەت (xelafet) (Central Kurdish), халифат (xalifat) (Chechen), 哈里發國 (Chinese Mandarin), 哈里发国 (hālǐfāguó) (Chinese Mandarin), kalifát [masculine] (Czech), chalífát [masculine] (Czech), kalifat [neuter] (Danish), kalifaat [neuter] (Dutch), kalifujo (Esperanto), kalifaat (Estonian), kalifaatti (Finnish), califat [masculine] (French), califato [masculine] (Galician), სახალიფო (saxalipo) (Georgian), Kalifat [neuter] (German), Kalifat [Alemannic-German, neuter] (German), χαλιφάτο (chalifáto) [neuter] (Greek), חֲלִיפוֹת (khalifot) [feminine] (Hebrew), ख़िलाफ़त (xilāfat) [feminine] (Hindi), खिलाफत (khilāphat) [feminine] (Hindi), kalifátus (Hungarian), kalifeso (Ido), khilafah (Indonesian), cailifeacht [feminine] (Irish), califfato [masculine] (Italian), khilafah (Javanese), халифат (xalifat) (Kazakh), 아랍 제국 (Arap jeguk) (Korean), халифат (halifat) (Kyrgyz), kalifāts [masculine] (Latvian), kalifatas [masculine] (Lithuanian), kalifat [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), халифат (halifat) [masculine] (Macedonian), kalifaty (Malagasy), khilafah (Malay), ഖിലാഫത്ത് (khilāphattŭ) (Malayalam), खिलाफत (khilāphat) [feminine] (Marathi), xelîfî (Northern Kurdish), xelîfetî (Northern Kurdish), kalifat [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kalifat [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), califat [masculine] (Occitan), خلافت (ḫılâfet) (Ottoman Turkish), خلافت (xilāfát) [masculine] (Pashto), خلافت (xelâfat) (Persian), kalifat [masculine] (Polish), califado [masculine] (Portuguese), ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ਤ (xilāfat) (Punjabi), خِلَافَت (xilāfat) [feminine] (Punjabi), califat [neuter] (Romanian), халифа́т (xalifát) [masculine] (Russian), cèileafaid [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), калифа́т [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), халифа́т [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kalifat [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), halifat [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), califfatu [masculine] (Sicilian), خلافت (xelâfat) (Sindhi), kalifát [masculine] (Slovak), chalífát [masculine] (Slovak), kalifat [masculine] (Slovene), califato [masculine] (Spanish), kalifat [neuter] (Swedish), хилофат (xilofat) (Tajik), хәлифәлек (xälifälek) (Tatar), รัฐเคาะลีฟะฮ์ (rát kór lee fá) (Thai), hilafet (Turkish), halifelik (Turkish), halifat (Turkmen), халіфа́т (xalifát) [masculine] (Ukrainian), kalifat [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), خلافت (xilāfat) [feminine] (Urdu), خەلىپىلىك (xelipilik) (Uyghur), халифалик (xalifalik) [Cyrillic] (Uzbek), xalifalik [Roman] (Uzbek), 王朝回教 (Vương triều Hồi giáo) (Vietnamese), califfiaeth [feminine] (Welsh), califfaeth [feminine] (Welsh), כאַליפֿאַט (khalifat) [masculine] (Yiddish), xilafet (Zazaki)

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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "халифа́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kalifat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "halifat"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "califfatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "roman": "xelâfat",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "word": "خلافت"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kalifát"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chalífát"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kalifat"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kalifat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kalifat"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "califato"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kalifat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xilofat",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "word": "хилофат"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "xälifälek",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "word": "хәлифәлек"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rát kór lee fá",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "word": "รัฐเคาะลีฟะฮ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "word": "hilafet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "word": "halifelik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "word": "halifat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xalifát",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "халіфа́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xilāfat",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "خلافت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "xelipilik",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "word": "خەلىپىلىك"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "roman": "xalifalik",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "халифалик"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "xalifalik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "roman": "Vương triều Hồi giáo",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "word": "王朝回教"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "califfiaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "califfaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "khalifat",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "כאַליפֿאַט"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "Islamic government",
      "word": "xilafet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caliphate"
}

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