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khalifat

khalifat is the dated form of caliphate.

Meaning of caliphate

Noun

caliphate (plural caliphates)

  1. Monarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.

Forms of khalifat

pluralkhalifats

Questions about khalifat

What is khalifat the dated form of?
Khalifat is the dated form of caliphate.

Words near khalifat in the dictionary

  1. khalif
  2. khalifa
  3. khalifah
  4. khalifahs
  5. khalifas
  6. khalifat
  7. Khalifatabad
  8. khalifate
  9. khalifates
  10. khalifats
  11. khaliff

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Adapted from Wiktionary: khalifat (page history and authors); caliphate (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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