Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܛ (š-l-ṭ) related to dominating. Compare Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃultˤɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃultˤɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܫܘܠܛܢܐ (šūlṭānāʾm (plural ܫܘܠܛܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܘܠܛܢܝܬܐ)

  1. power, might
  2. domination, victory
  3. sway, mastery, control
  4. free will
  5. yielding
  6. permission
  7. function, duty, charge
  8. authority, rule, government, office
  9. sovereignty, imperium, jurisdiction, capacity
  10. dominion, territory, district, province, diocese
  11. sultan, prince
  12. chief, ruler, commander, governor, magistrate
  13. (used with possessive suffixes as a title) Excellency

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Arabic: سُلطان (sulṭān) (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  • šwlṭn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-07-20
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 370a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 565b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1528a-b