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"calif" has 2 syllables: cal-if. It rhymes with kaliph and kalif, if that helps it stick.
Sounds exactly like: calef, califf — easy to mix up when writing.
noun
“The Abbasid caliphs patronized art and science beside religious developments ushering in the Islamic Golden Age when their capital Baghdad began to flourish as a center of knowledge, culture and trade.”
Practicing rhymes trains the same ending sounds.
"Calif" has 2 syllables: cal · if.
Calif: The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual.
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