سلطنت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَلْطَنَة (salṭana).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sal.ta.ˈnat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säl̪.t̪ʰä.nät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säl̪.t̪ʰä.nät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säl̪.t̪ʰä.nät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säl̪.t̪ʰä.nät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæl̪.t̪ʰæ.næt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säl̪.t̪ʰä.nät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	saltanat
Dari reading?	saltanat
Iranian reading?	saltanat
Tajik reading?	saltanat

Noun

Dari	سلطنت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	салтанат

سلطنت • (saltanat) (Tajik spelling салтанат)

1. sultanate
2. monarchy

Descendants

• > Tajik: салтанат (saltanat) (inherited)
• → Bengali: সালতানাত (śaltanat), সলতনৎ (śoltonot), সলতনত (śoltonot), সুলতানাৎ (śultanat), সুলতানাত (śultanat)
• → English: sultanate (calque)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सल्तनत (saltanat), सलतनत (salatnat)

  Urdu: سَلْطَنَت (saltanat)

• → Kazakh: салтанат (saltanat)
• → Marathi: सल्तनत (saltanat)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸਲਤਨਤ (saltanat)

  Shahmukhi script: سَلْطَنَت (salt̤anat)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سلطنت (saltanat), from Arabic سَلْطَنَة (salṭana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səl.t̪ə.nət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: سَلْ‧طَ‧نَت

Noun

سَلْطَنَت • (saltanat) f (Hindi spelling सल्तनत)

1. kingdom, empire, dominion, realm, reign, Reich#German
2. principality, state, sultanate

   Synonym: سامْراجْیَہ (sāmrājya)