Arabic vocabulary
خَلِيفَةcaliph in Arabic
خَلِيفَة is how you say “caliph” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
كم بين قوله لآدم إني جاعل في الأرض خليفة،
How vast is the difference between His words to Adam: 'I will place a vicegerent on earth,'
خَلِيفَةً — a vicegerent. khalifa means 'a successor, steward'; the '-an' ending marks it as the object ('place a steward').
From: Adam's Descent →
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