califa

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kəˈli.fə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kaˈli.fa] Rhymes: -ifa Hyphenation: ca‧li‧fa === Noun === califa m (plural califes) caliph ==== Related terms ==== califat == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === khalifa (pre-reform spelling) === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ifɐ Hyphenation: ca‧li‧fa === Noun === califa m (plural califas) caliph (political leader of the Muslim world) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “califa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “califa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈlifa/ [kaˈli.fa] Rhymes: -ifa Syllabification: ca‧li‧fa === Noun === califa m (plural califas) caliph ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Tagalog: kalipa === Further reading === “califa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025