A caliphate (Arabic: Ø®ÙÙØ§ÙØ© khilÄfa) is an area containing an Islamic steward known as a caliph (Arabic: Ø®ÙÙÙÙØ© khalÄ«fah pronunciation (info â¢ help))âa person considered a religious successor to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad (Muhammad ibn Ê¿AbdullÄh), and a leader of the entire Muslim community.
A consonant is a speech sound that's not a vowel. The sound of a consonant is produced by a partial or complete obstruction of the air stream by a constriction of the speech organs. In writing, a consonant is any letter of the alphabet except a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.
A unit of spoken language consisting of a single uninterrupted sound formed by a vowel, diphthong, or syllabic consonant alone, or by any of these sounds preceded, followed, or surrounded by one or more consonants. b. One or more letters or phonetic symbols written or printed to approximate a spoken syllable. 2.