Arabic vocabulary
خَلِيفَةcaliph
How to say “caliph” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
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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