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.
Definitions for sibilant consonant. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word sibilant consonant. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: sibilant, sibilant consonant(noun) a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)