Bengali

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian سُلْطَان (sultān), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān). Superseded earlier Avahattha 𑖭𑖲𑖨𑖲𑖝𑖯𑖡 (surutāna).

    Pronunciation

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    • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /sult̪an/, [ˈsul̪t̪an]
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    Noun

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    সুলতান (śulotan) (feminine সুলতানা (śultana))

    1. sultan; Muslim emperor
      Synonyms: বাদশাহ (badośah), মহারাজ (moharaj), সম্রাট (śomraṭ)

    Further reading

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    • Atindra Mojumder (1981) “সুলতান”, in Arabic, Persian and Turkish Words in Bengali Literature, Melbourne: University of Melbourne; republished 15 Shyama Charan Dey Street, Kolkata 700073: Ekush Shatak, 2012, page 480