سلطان

Arabic

Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʊlˈtˤɑːn/

Noun

سُلْطَان • (sulṭān) m or f (usually uncountable)

1. power, strength
2. rule, dominion
3. authority
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:23:

     ‏إِن هِيَ إِلّا أَسماءٌ سَمَّيتُموها أَنتُم وَآباؤُكُم ما أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِها مِن سُلطانٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَما تَهوَى الأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَد جاءَهُم مِن رَبِّهِمُ الهُدىٰ‎

     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

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

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)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: सुल्तान (sultān)
    • Urdu: سلطان‎ (sultān)
  • → Kazakh: сұлтан (sultan)
  • → Marathi: सुलतान (sultān)
  • → Old Gujarati: सुरताण
    • Gujarati: સરતાણ (sartāṇ)
  • Tajik: султон (sulton)
  • → Tatar: солтан (soltan)
  • → Turkmen: soltan
  • → 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

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Malay

Alternative forms

• sultan

Etymology

From Arabic سلطان‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sul.taːn/

Noun

سلطان (plural سلطان٢‎, informal 1st possessive سلطانکو‎, impolite 2nd possessive سلطانمو‎, 3rd possessive سلطانڽ‎)

1. sultan

Further reading

• “سلطان” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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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