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.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: syllable (Noun). A unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of one or more consonants; a word consists of one or more syllables.syllable (Noun). unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of one or more consonants; a word consists of one or more syllables.