Saladin

English

Etymology

From Arabic صَلَاح اَلدِّين (ṣalāḥ ad-dīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsælədɪn/

Proper noun

Saladin

1. (history) First sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, who led the Muslim opposition to the European Crusaders in the Levant.

Derived terms

• Eagle of Saladin
• Saladin tithe

Translations

first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty

• Armenian: Սալահ ադ Դին (Salah ad Din), Սալահ ալ Դին (Salah al Din), Սալահեդդին (Salaheddin)
• Hindi: सलाउद्दीन m (salāuddīn)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: Selahedîn (ku)

  Sorani: سەلاحەددین (selaheddîn)

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• Persian: صلاح‌الدین (salâheddin)
• Russian: Салади́н (ru) (Saladín)
• Spanish: Saladín m, Saladino (es) m