sultão

See also: Sultaõ

Portuguese

sultão

Alternative forms

• Soltão (obsolete)
• Soltaõ (obsolete)
• Sultaõ (obsolete)
• Soltam (obsolete)
• Sultam (obsolete)

Etymology

From French sultan, from Turkish sultan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šultānā, “strength, authority”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suwˈtɐ̃w̃/ [suʊ̯ˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sulˈtɐ̃w̃/ [suɫˈtɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: sul‧tão

Noun

sultão m (plural sultões, feminine sultana, feminine plural sultanas)

1. sultan

Further reading

• “sultão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sultão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026