Definition
The office, rank, position, or period of rule of a caliph; sometimes used to mean the entire caliphate or its authority.
Etymology
From caliph plus -ship (a suffix meaning office or state of being); follows the English pattern of adding -ship to create titles of position or status.
Kelly Says
The suffix -ship is remarkably productive in English—from kingship to friendship—and using it with 'caliph' shows how English adapts words from other languages to fit its own patterns of meaning.
Translations
BNবাংলা
ক্যালিফেট
ka-li-fet
CACatalà
califat
ka-li-fat
CSČeština
kalifát
ka-li-fat
DADansk
kalifat
ka-li-fat
DEDeutsch
Kalifat
ka-li-fat
ELΕλληνικά
χαλιφάτο
kha-li-fa-to
ESEspañol
califato
ka-li-fa-to
FISuomi
khalifaatti
kha-li-faa-tti
FRFrançais
califat
ka-li-fat
HUMagyar
khalifátus
kha-li-fa-tus
IDBahasa Indonesia
khalifat
kha-li-fat
ITItaliano
califfo
ka-li-ffo
KMKM
កាលីហ្វាត
ka-li-fvat
KO한국어
칼리프국
kal-li-peu-guk
MSBahasa Melayu
khalifah
kha-li-fah
MYမြန်မာ
ကာလီဖတ်
ka-li-pet
NLNederlands
kalifaat
ka-li-faat
NONorsk
kalifat
ka-li-fat
PLPolski
kalifat
ka-li-fat
PTPortuguês
califado
ka-li-fa-do
RORomână
califat
ka-li-fat
RUРусский
Халифат
Khalifat
SVSvenska
kalifat
ka-li-fat
SWKiswahili
khalifa
kha-li-fa
TEతెలుగు
కలీఫేట్
ka-li-fet
THไทย
อาณาจักรของคอลิฟ
a-na-a-chak-kor-kor-li-f
TLTL
khalipato
kha-li-pa-to
TRTürkçe
halifelik
ha-li-fe-lik
UKУкраїнська
Халифат
Khalifat
VITiếng Việt
Hồi giáo
hoi-giao
ZH中文
哈里发制度
hā lǐ fā zhì dù
ZUZU
ikhalifa
i-kha-li-fa