سلطان

Arabic

Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire

Etymology

From Aramaic שׁוּלְטָנָא‎ / ܫܘܼܠܛܵܢܵܐ‎ (šulṭānā, “power”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʊlˈtˀɑːn/

Noun

سُلْطَان • (sulṭān) m (plural سَلَاطِين‎ (salāṭīn))

1. sultan

Declension

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

• → Georgian: სულთანი (sultani)
• → Hebrew: סוּלְטָן‎
• Icelandic: soldán
• → Italian: sultano
• → Kurdish: sultan
• → Kyrgyz: султан (sultan)
• → Malay: سلطان‎ (sultan)
  • → Indonesian: sultan
• → Maltese: sultan
• → Maranao: solutan
• → Medieval Latin: sultānus
  • Old French: soudan, souldan
    • → Middle English: soudan, soldan
      • English: soldan
    • → Catalan: soldà
• → Middle Armenian: սուլթան (sultʿan)
  • Armenian: սուլթան (sultʿan)
• → Persian: سلطان‎ (soltân)
  • → Assamese: চুলতান (sultan)
  • → Bengali: সুলতান (sultan)
  • → Gujarati: સુલતાન (sultān)
  • → Hindi: सुल्तान (sultān)
  • → Kazakh: сұлтан (sultan)
  • → Marathi: सुल्तान (sultān)
  • → Old Gujarati: सुरताण
    • Gujarati: સરતાણ (sartāṇ)
  • Tajik: султон (sulton)
  • → Tatar: солтан (soltan)
  • → Turkmen: soltan
  • → Urdu: سلطان‎ (sultān)
  • → Uyghur: سۇلتان‎ (sultan)
  • → Uzbek: sulton, sultan
• → Russian: султан (sultan)
• → Ottoman Turkish: سلطان‎ (sultân)
  • Turkish: sultan
  • → Catalan: sultà
  • → Byzantine Greek: σουλτᾶνος (soultânos)
    • Greek: σουλτάνος (soultános)
  • → Hungarian: szultán
  • → Middle French: sultan
    • French: sultan
      • → English: sultan
      • → Faroese: sultánur
      • → Portuguese: sultão
  • → Polish: sułtan
  • → Romanian: sultan
  • → Serbo-Croatian: sùltān, су̀лта̄н
  • → Spanish: sultán

Noun

سُلْطَان • (sulṭān) m, f

1. power, strength
2. rule, dominion
3. authority
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

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

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Malay

Alternative forms

• sultan

Etymology

From Arabic سلطان‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sul.taːn/

Noun

سلطان (plural سلطان٢‎, third person possessive سلطانڽ‎)

1. sultan

Further reading

• "سلطان" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (Malay Literary Reference Centre).

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سُلْطَان‎ (sulṭān).

Noun

سلطان • (soltân)

1. sultan
2. king

Synonyms

• پادشاه‎ (pâdešâh)

Related terms

• سلطانه‎ (soltâne)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian سلطان‎, from Arabic سُلْطَان‎ (sulṭān).

Noun

سلطان • (sultān) m (Hindi spelling सुल्तान)

1. sultan
2. king