soudan

See also: Soudan

Finnish

Verb

soudan

1. first-person singular present indicative of soutaa

Middle English

Alternative forms

• saudan, saudayn, sawdan, sawden, sawdeyn, sawdon, sawdyn, soldan, soldane, souden, soudeyn, soudon, souldan, souldone, sowdan, sowdane, sowdeyn, sowdon

Etymology

From Old French soudan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔu̯ˈdaːn/, /ˈsɔu̯dan/, /ˈsɔu̯dən/

Noun

soudan (plural soudans)

1. A sultan (especially one of the rulers of major Muslim states in the Middle Ages).
2. (by extension) A Muslim soldier or noble.

Descendants

• English: soldan
• Scots: sowdian

References

• “soudan, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.