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khalifa

/kəˈliːfə/

khalifa is the alternative form of caliph.

Meaning of caliph

Noun

caliph (plural caliphs)

  1. The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.
    • The Abbasid caliphs patronized art and science beside religious developments ushering in the Islamic Golden Age when their capital Baghdad began to flourish as a center of knowledge, culture and trade.

Noun capitalized: Khalifa

Khalifa (plural Khalifas or Khalifa)

  1. A member of a predominantly Muslim caste of Gujarat, India.

Forms of khalifa

pluralkhalifas
pluralKhalifas
pluralKhalifa

Words that rhyme with khalifa

Questions about khalifa

What does khalifa mean?
Khalifa means a member of a predominantly Muslim caste of Gujarat, India.
What is khalifa the alternative form of?
Khalifa is the alternative form of caliph.
What part of speech is khalifa?
Khalifa is a noun.
How do you pronounce khalifa?
Khalifa is pronounced /kəˈliːfə/.
What is the plural of khalifa?
The plural of khalifa is khalifas.

Words near khalifa in the dictionary

  1. khalege pheasant
  2. Khalessi
  3. Khalid
  4. Khalids
  5. khalif
  6. khalifa
  7. khalifah
  8. khalifahs
  9. khalifas
  10. khalifat
  11. Khalifatabad

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Adapted from Wiktionary: khalifa (page history and authors); Khalifa (page history and authors); caliph (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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