caliph

Other forms of caliph

plural

caliphs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about caliph

What does caliph mean?

caliph means "the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth".

How many syllables are in caliph?

caliph has 2 syllables: cal-iph. The stress falls on "cal". In IPA it is /ˈkæləf/.

What is another word for caliph?

Close synonyms include calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif, khalifah. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is caliph a common word?

caliph is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.