Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

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султа́н (sultánm

  1. sultan

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Further reading

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  • султан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • султан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

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султан (sultanm (feminine султанка, relational adjective султански)

  1. sultan

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Russian

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султан

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Noun

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султа́н (sultánm anim (genitive султа́на, nominative plural султа́ны, genitive plural султа́нов)

  1. sultan
    • 1790, Александр Радищев, “Спасская Полесть”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
      Мне представилось, что я царь, шах, хан, король, бей, набаб, султан или какое-то сих названий нечто, седящее во власти на престоле.
      Mne predstavilosʹ, što ja carʹ, šax, xan, korolʹ, bej, nabab, sultan ili kakoje-to six nazvanij nečto, sedjaščeje vo vlasti na prestole.
      I imagined that I was a tsar, shah, khan, king, bey, nabob, sultan, or some such exalted being, sitting on a throne in power and majesty.
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Etymology 2

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султа́н (sultánm inan (genitive султа́на, nominative plural султа́ны, genitive plural султа́нов)

  1. plume on the headgear
    Synonym: плюма́ж (pljumáž)
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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish سلطان (compare Turkish sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

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  • IPA(key): /sǔltaːn/
  • Hyphenation: сул‧тан

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су̀лта̄н m (Latin spelling sùltān)

  1. sultan

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

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  • IPA(key): [sʊɫˈtan]
  • Audio:(file)

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султа́н (sultánm inan (genitive султа́ну, nominative plural султа́ни, genitive plural султа́нів, feminine султа́нша, relational adjective султа́нський)

  1. sultan

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