calipha

== Latin == === Alternative forms === calīfa, chalīfa === Etymology === From Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”), from the triliteral root خ ل ف (ḵ l f), literally "successor". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈliː.pʰa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈliː.fa] === Noun === calīpha m (genitive calīphae); first declension (Medieval Latin) caliph ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== calīphātus ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: califa Old French: caliphe Middle French: califeFrench: calife→ Romanian: calif → English: caliph Italian: califfo → Maltese: kalif, kaliff Portuguese: califa Spanish: califa→ Tagalog: kalipa → Czech: kalif → Dutch: kalief → Esperanto: kalifo, ĥalifo → Polish: kalif → Russian: кали́ф (kalíf), хали́ф (xalíf) → German: Kalif === References === "calipha", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “calipha”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. calipha in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016