Dictionary

caliphate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkeɪlɪfeɪt/
• /ˈkælɪfeɪt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Medieval Latin calīphātus, equivalent to caliph + -ate.

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

anticaliphate · caliphette · caliphatism · countercaliphate · caliphatic · caliphatist

Relateds

Dar al-Islam · Caliphist · Panislamism · Caliphism · principality · Caliph · khanate

Translations (100)

ms khilafah (Islamic government) · tr halifelik (Islamic government) · sd خلافت (Islamic government) · ota خلافت (Islamic government) · cmn 哈里發國 /哈里发国 (Islamic government) · bg халифа́т (Islamic government) · id khilafah (Islamic government) · ky халифат (Islamic government) · tg хилофат (Islamic government) · uz xalifalik (Islamic government) · sh калифа́т (Islamic government) · zza xilafet (Islamic government) · br kalifiezh (Islamic government) · cs chalífát (Islamic government) · de Kalifat (Islamic government) · ast califatu (Islamic government) · pa ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ਤ (Islamic government) · eu kalifa-herri (Islamic government) · ckb خەلافەت (Islamic government) · gd cèileafaid (Islamic government) · hy խալիֆայություն (Islamic government) · hy խալիֆաթ (Islamic government) · mr खिलाफत (Islamic government) · ar خِلَافَة (Islamic government) · fa-ira خِلافَت (Islamic government) · gsw Kalifat (Islamic government) · ml ഖിലാഫത്ത് (Islamic government) · fi kalifaatti (Islamic government) · mk халифат (Islamic government) · tr hilafet (Islamic government) · it califfato (Islamic government) · sh kalifat (Islamic government) · hi खिलाफत (Islamic government) · lv kalifāts (Islamic government) · th รัฐเคาะลีฟะฮ์ (Islamic government) · eo kalifujo (Islamic government) · yi כאַליפֿאַט (Islamic government) · pt califado (Islamic government) · hu kalifátus (Islamic government) · pl kalifat (Islamic government) · gl califato (Islamic government) · tt хәлифәлек (Islamic government) · el χαλιφάτο (Islamic government) · he חֲלִיפוּת (Islamic government) · sk chalífát (Islamic government) · ug خەلىپىلىك (Islamic government) · fr califat (Islamic government) · sq kalifat (Islamic government) · an califato (Islamic government) · sl kalifat (Islamic government) · prs خِلَافَت (Islamic government) · uz xilofat (Islamic government) · ce халифат (Islamic government) · lt kalifatas (Islamic government) · nb kalifat (Islamic government) · eu kaliferri (Islamic government) · fa-cls خِلَافَت (Islamic government) · dsb kalifat (Islamic government) · kmr xelîfî (Islamic government) · ps خلافت (Islamic government) · mg kalifaty (Islamic government) · sh халифа́т (Islamic government) · hi ख़िलाफ़त (Islamic government) · vi vương triều Hồi giáo (Islamic government) · ca califat (Islamic government) · kk халифат (Islamic government) · cs kalifát (Islamic government) · scn califfatu (Islamic government) · ur خِلافَت (Islamic government) · da kalifat (Islamic government) · kmr xelîfetî (Islamic government) · es califato (Islamic government) · sv kalifat (Islamic government) · tk halifat (Islamic government) · nn kalifat (Islamic government) · ro califat (Islamic government) · jv khilafah (Islamic government) · pa خِلَافَت (Islamic government) · be халіфа́т (Islamic government) · is kalífadæmi (Islamic government) · oc califat (Islamic government) · az xilafət (Islamic government) · sk kalifát (Islamic government) · ru халифа́т (Islamic government) · et kalifaat (Islamic government) · cy califfaeth (Islamic government) · uk халіфа́т (Islamic government) · nl kalifaat (Islamic government) · hsb kalifat (Islamic government) · ga cailifeacht (Islamic government) · sh halifat (Islamic government) · ug خىلاپەت (Islamic government) · ka სახალიფო (Islamic government) · cy califfiaeth (Islamic government) · az xəlifəlik (Islamic government) · uz халифалик (Islamic government) · ba хәлифәлек (Islamic government) · io kalifeso (Islamic government) · bn খেলাফত (Islamic government) · af kalifaat (Islamic government)