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سلطان

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Arabic

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Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire

Etymology

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    From the root س ل ط (s l ṭ). Cognates with Aramaic שׁוּלְטָנָא / ܫܘܼܠܛܵܢܵܐ (šulṭānā, power) and Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón, rulership, authority).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    سُلْطَان (sulṭānm or f (usually uncountable)

    1. power, strength
    2. rule, dominion
    3. authority
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:23:
        إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الأَنْفُسُ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِن رَبِّهِمُ الهُدَى
        ʔin hiya ʔillā ʔasmāʔun sammaytumūhā ʔantum wa-ʔābāʔukum mā ʔanzala l-lahu bihā min sulṭānin ʔin yattabiʕūna ʔillā ẓ-ẓanna wa-mā tahwā l-ʔanfusu wa-laqad jāʔahum min rabbihimu l-hudā
        These are but names which you have coined—you and your fathers—for which God has not sent down any authority. They follow nothing but conjectures and the desires of the [lower] soul, while there has already come to them the guidance from their Lord.
    4. mandate, authorization
    5. proof, evidence, an argument or case against
    6. a plea, an allegation, the grounds or basis for one's case being superior
    7. justification

    Declension

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    Declension of noun سُلْطَان (sulṭān)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal سُلْطَان
    sulṭān
    السُّلْطَان
    as-sulṭān
    سُلْطَان
    sulṭān
    nominative سُلْطَانٌ
    sulṭānun
    السُّلْطَانُ
    as-sulṭānu
    سُلْطَانُ
    sulṭānu
    accusative سُلْطَانًا
    sulṭānan
    السُّلْطَانَ
    as-sulṭāna
    سُلْطَانَ
    sulṭāna
    genitive سُلْطَانٍ
    sulṭānin
    السُّلْطَانِ
    as-sulṭāni
    سُلْطَانِ
    sulṭāni

    Noun

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    سُلْطَان (sulṭānm (plural سَلَاطِين (salāṭīn))

    1. sultan

    Declension

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    Declension of noun سُلْطَان (sulṭān)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal سُلْطَان
    sulṭān
    السُّلْطَان
    as-sulṭān
    سُلْطَان
    sulṭān
    nominative سُلْطَانٌ
    sulṭānun
    السُّلْطَانُ
    as-sulṭānu
    سُلْطَانُ
    sulṭānu
    accusative سُلْطَانًا
    sulṭānan
    السُّلْطَانَ
    as-sulṭāna
    سُلْطَانَ
    sulṭāna
    genitive سُلْطَانٍ
    sulṭānin
    السُّلْطَانِ
    as-sulṭāni
    سُلْطَانِ
    sulṭāni
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal سُلْطَانَيْن
    sulṭānayn
    السُّلْطَانَيْن
    as-sulṭānayn
    سُلْطَانَيْ
    sulṭānay
    nominative سُلْطَانَانِ
    sulṭānāni
    السُّلْطَانَانِ
    as-sulṭānāni
    سُلْطَانَا
    sulṭānā
    accusative سُلْطَانَيْنِ
    sulṭānayni
    السُّلْطَانَيْنِ
    as-sulṭānayni
    سُلْطَانَيْ
    sulṭānay
    genitive سُلْطَانَيْنِ
    sulṭānayni
    السُّلْطَانَيْنِ
    as-sulṭānayni
    سُلْطَانَيْ
    sulṭānay
    plural basic broken plural diptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal سَلَاطِين
    salāṭīn
    السَّلَاطِين
    as-salāṭīn
    سَلَاطِين
    salāṭīn
    nominative سَلَاطِينُ
    salāṭīnu
    السَّلَاطِينُ
    as-salāṭīnu
    سَلَاطِينُ
    salāṭīnu
    accusative سَلَاطِينَ
    salāṭīna
    السَّلَاطِينَ
    as-salāṭīna
    سَلَاطِينَ
    salāṭīna
    genitive سَلَاطِينَ
    salāṭīna
    السَّلَاطِينِ
    as-salāṭīni
    سَلَاطِينِ
    salāṭīni

    Descendants

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    • Maltese: sultan
    Borrowings

    Malay

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    Noun

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    سلطان (plural سلطان-سلطان or سلطان٢)

    1. Jawi spelling of sultan.‎‎

    Ottoman Turkish

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    Etymology

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    From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

    Noun

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    سلطان (sultan)

    1. sultan
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    Descendants

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    Borrowings

    References

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    Persian

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

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      Readings
      Classical reading? sultān
      Dari reading? sultān
      Iranian reading? soltân
      Tajik reading? sulton

      Noun

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      Dari سلطان
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik султон

      سُلْطان (soltân) (plural سلاطین (salâtin), or سلطان‌ها)

      1. sultan; king, ruler, sovereign
        Synonyms: پادشاه (pâdešâh), شاه (šâh), ملک (malek)
        • c. 1100, Amīr Mu'izzī, “Qaṣīda 41”, in دیوان امیر معزی[3]:
          جز خداوندی که عالم بندهٔ تقدیر اوست
          کیست در عالم‌ که او سلطان سلطان سنجر است
          juz xudāwandē ki ālam banda-yi taqdīr-i ō-st
          kē-st dar ālam ki ō sultān-i sultān sanjar ast
          Save for the Lord to whose decree the world is a slave,
          Who in the world is there to be king over Sultan Sanjar?
          (Classical Persian transliteration)
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      Sindhi

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      Etymology

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      From Classical Persian سلطان (sultān), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

      Noun

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      سُلْطانُ (sultānum (Devanagari सुल्तानु)

      1. king; emperor

      References

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      • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “سلطان”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

      Urdu

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Classical Persian سلطان (sultān), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

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      Noun

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      سُلْطان (sultānm (Hindi spelling सुल्तान)

      1. sultan
        Synonyms: سَمْراٹ (samrāṭ), بادْشاہ (bādśāh), سَمْراج (samrāj), پادْشاہ (pādśāh), شَہَنْشاہ (śahanśāh)
      2. king