UrsprungBorrowed from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”), from the triliteral root خ ل ف (ḵ l f); literally, "successor, substitute". Cognate of Medieval Latin calipha.
Formerkalif(indefinite, nominative, singular) · kalifs(genitive, indefinite, singular) · kalifen(definite, nominative, singular) · kalifens(definite, genitive, singular) · kalifer(indefinite, nominative, plural) · kalifers(genitive, indefinite, plural) · kaliferna(definite, nominative, plural) · kalifernas(definite, genitive, plural)