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kalfa: Arabic → Ottoman Turkish → Turkish · Lexodus

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kalfa

From Ottoman Turkish قلفه (kalfa), from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, literally “follower, successor”). Doublet of halife.

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c. 750 CEArabic

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c. 750 CE
c. 1460
c. 1900

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.