sultan
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From French sultan, from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “strength, authority, ruler”). (compare Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón) and Hebrew סוּלְטָן (sultán)).[1] Doublet of soldan.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈsʌltən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: sul‧tan
- Rhymes: -ʌltən
Noun edit
sultan (countable and uncountable, plural sultans or (rare, only in certain senses) salateen)
- (historical) The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.
- A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, Morocco (until 1956) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
- (card games, uncountable) A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.
- A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Translations edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ “sultan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2008
Anagrams edit
Azerbaijani edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Noun edit
sultan (definite accusative sultanı, plural sultanlar)
Declension edit
Declension of sultan | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | sultan |
sultanlar | ||||||
definite accusative | sultanı |
sultanları | ||||||
dative | sultana |
sultanlara | ||||||
locative | sultanda |
sultanlarda | ||||||
ablative | sultandan |
sultanlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | sultanın |
sultanların |
Further reading edit
- “sultan” in Obastan.com.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).
Noun edit
sultan c (singular definite sultanen, plural indefinite sultaner)
- sultan (ruler)
Declension edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sultan | sultanen | sultaner | sultanerne |
genitive | sultans | sultanens | sultaners | sultanernes |
References edit
- “sultan” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Turkish sultan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šulṭānā, “strength, authority”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sultan m (plural sultans, feminine sultane)
Derived terms edit
- sultana f
- sultanaat n
- sultane f
- sultanshoen n
References edit
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
sultan (genitive sultani, partitive sultanit)
- sultan (ruler)
Declension edit
Declension of sultan (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | sultan | sultanid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | sultani | ||
genitive | sultanite | ||
partitive | sultanit | sultaneid | |
illative | sultanisse | sultanitesse sultaneisse | |
inessive | sultanis | sultanites sultaneis | |
elative | sultanist | sultanitest sultaneist | |
allative | sultanile | sultanitele sultaneile | |
adessive | sultanil | sultanitel sultaneil | |
ablative | sultanilt | sultanitelt sultaneilt | |
translative | sultaniks | sultaniteks sultaneiks | |
terminative | sultanini | sultaniteni | |
essive | sultanina | sultanitena | |
abessive | sultanita | sultaniteta | |
comitative | sultaniga | sultanitega |
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Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French sultan (“ruler of a Muslim state”), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان. See English sultan for more.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sultan m (plural sultans, feminine sultane)
- a sultan: a Muslim ruler with a certain title
- a silk-ornamented basket
- a perfume sachet to put in a linen coffer
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Further reading edit
- “sultan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
sultan
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay sultan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šulṭānā, “strength, authority, ruler, prince”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sultan (first-person possessive sultanku, second-person possessive sultanmu, third-person possessive sultannya)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sultan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šulṭānā, “strength, authority, ruler, prince”).
Noun edit
sultan (Jawi spelling سلطان, plural sultan-sultan, informal 1st possessive sultanku, 2nd possessive sultanmu, 3rd possessive sultannya)
- sultan (ruler)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “sultan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maltese edit
Root |
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s-l-t-n |
9 terms |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sultan m (plural slaten, feminine sultana, diminutive slajten or slajtan)
- (dated, historical or figurative) king, monarch, ruler
- Synonym: re
Usage notes edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish سلطان (or an Old Anatolian Turkish ancestor) or directly from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).
Noun edit
sultan m (plural sultans)
- sultan (ruler of a Muslim state)
Descendants edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).
Noun edit
sultan m (definite singular sultanen, indefinite plural sultaner, definite plural sultanene)
- sultan (ruler)
References edit
- “sultan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).
Noun edit
sultan m (definite singular sultanen, indefinite plural sultanar, definite plural sultanane)
- sultan (ruler)
References edit
- “sultan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Piedmontese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sultan m
- sultan (ruler)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sultan m (plural sultani)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) sultan | sultanul | (niște) sultani | sultanii |
genitive/dative | (unui) sultan | sultanului | (unor) sultani | sultanilor |
vocative | sultanule | sultanilor |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- sultan in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish سلطان (compare Turkish sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sùltān m (Cyrillic spelling су̀лта̄н)
Declension edit
References edit
- “sultan” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene edit
Noun edit
sultan m
- sultan (ruler)
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
- “sultan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).
Noun edit
sultan c
- sultan (ruler)
Declension edit
Declension of sultan | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sultan | sultanen | sultaner | sultanerna |
Genitive | sultans | sultanens | sultaners | sultanernas |
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: sulttaani
Further reading edit
- sultan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)
Anagrams edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Either from Malay sultan or from Spanish sultán, ultimately from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sulˈtan/ [sʊlˈtan]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: sul‧tan
Noun edit
sultán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)
- sultan (hereditary ruler in various Muslim states)
Related terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “sultan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tausug edit
Noun edit
sultan
- sultan (Muslim king)
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultân), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šulṭānā, “strength, authority”) (compare Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sultan (definite accusative sultanı, plural sultanlar)
- A monarchic title for Sunni Muslim monarchs.
- A noble title for monarch's mother, wives and children.
- An honorific title for Bektashi saints.
- A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)
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Yakan edit
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sultan
- sultan (Muslim king)
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