sultan

See also Sultan

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Old French, from Turkish sultan, from Arabic سلطان (sūltān), from Aramaic  (šultānā, “strength, authority”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌltən

Noun

sultan (plural sultans)

1. Originally, a secular office, formally subordinate to -, but de facto the power behind the throne of the (theoretically universal) caliph.
2. A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Indonesia and in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
3. A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.
4. A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)

Derived terms

• sultana
• sultanate

Translations

office

Macedonian: султан (mk) (súltan) m.

ruler

Arabic: سلطان (ar) (sulʈān) m. Armenian: սուլթան (hy) (sult’an) Berber: [[ⴰⴳⵍⵍⵉⴷ#{{}}|ⴰⴳⵍⵍⵉⴷ]] (agellid) Bosnian: sultan (bs) m. Croatian: sultan (hr) m. Czech: sultán (cs) m. Dutch: sultan (nl) m. Finnish: sulttaani (fi) French: sultan (fr) m., soudan (fr) m. German: Sultan (de) m. Greek: σουλτάνος (el) (soultanos) m. Hindi: सुल्तान (hi) (sultān) m. Hungarian: szultán (hu) Irish: sabhdán (ga) m. Italian: sultano (it) m. Khmer: ស៊ុលតង់ (km) (sultɑng)

Macedonian: султан (mk) (súltan) m. Old Irish: sabdán m. Persian: سلطان (fa) (soltān) Portuguese: sultão (pt) m. Russian: султан (ru) (sultan) Serbian: Cyrillic: султан (sr) m. Roman: sultan (sr) m. Spanish: sultán (es) m. Tatar: солтан (tt) (soltan) Turkish: sultan (tr) m. Turkmen: soltan (tk) Urdu: سلطان (ur) (sultān) m. Walloon: zultan (wa) m.

solitaire

See also

• sultana bird

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Dutch

Noun

sultan m. (plural sultans)

1. sultan, a Muslim ruler title
2. a certain pastry

Derived terms

• sultana
• sultanaat
• sultane
• sultanshoen

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

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French

Noun

sultan m. (plural sultans)

1. A sultan: a Muslim ruler with a certain title.
2. A silk-ornamented basket.
3. A perfume sachet to put in a linen coffer.

Synonyms

• soudan

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Turkish sultan, from Arabic سلطان (sulṭān).

Noun

sùltān m. (Cyrillic spelling су̀лта̄н)

1. A sultan.

Declension

    declension of sultan

	singular	plural
nominative	sùltān	sultani
genitive	sultána	sultana
dative	sultanu	sultanima
accusative	sultana	sultane
vocative	sultane	sultani
locative	sultanu	sultanima
instrumental	sultanom	sultanima

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic سلطان.

Noun

sultan

1. A sultan.
2. A king.