sultan

• sultân (archaic)
• sulṭān (rare)

From French sultan, from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “strength, authority, ruler”). (compare Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón) and Hebrew סוּלְטָן (sultán)).[1] Doublet of soldan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌltən/

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• Hyphenation: sul‧tan
• Rhymes: -ʌltən

sultan (countable and uncountable, plural sultans or (rare, only in certain senses) salateen)

1. (historical) The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.
2. A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, Morocco (until 1956) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
3. (card games, uncountable) A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.
4. A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)

• sultan tit
• sultana
• sultanate

• → Chinese: 蘇丹／苏丹 (sūdān)

• sultana bird

• Naults, unlast

• soltan

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

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sultan (definite accusative sultanı, plural sultanlar)

1. sultan

• “sultan” in Obastan.com.

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

sultan c (singular definite sultanen, plural indefinite sultaner)

1. sultan (ruler)

• “sultan” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʏl.tɑn/

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• Hyphenation: sul‧tan

sultan m (plural sultans, feminine sultane)

1. sultan, a Muslim ruler title
2. a certain pastry

• sultana f
• sultanaat n
• sultane f
• sultanshoen n

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

From German Sultan.

sultan (genitive sultani, partitive sultanit)

1. sultan (ruler)

• sultaniriik

• sultanaat

• “sultan”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• sultan in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Inherited from Middle French sultan (“ruler of a Muslim state”), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان. See English sultan for more.

• IPA^(key): /syl.tɑ̃/

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sultan m (plural sultans, feminine sultane)

1. a sultan: a Muslim ruler with a certain title
2. a silk-ornamented basket
3. a perfume sachet to put in a linen coffer

• soudan

• → Faroese: sultánur
• → Portuguese: sultão

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

• “sultan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

sultan

1. definite nominative singular of sulta

From Malay sultan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šulṭānā, “strength, authority, ruler, prince”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʊltan]
• Hyphenation: sul‧tan

sultan (first-person possessive sultanku, second-person possessive sultanmu, third-person possessive sultannya)

1. sultan

   Synonyms: baginda, raja

• “sultan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šulṭānā, “strength, authority, ruler, prince”).

sultan (Jawi spelling سلطان, plural sultan-sultan, informal 1st possessive sultanku, 2nd possessive sultanmu, 3rd possessive sultannya)

1. sultan (ruler)

• kesultanan

• Indonesian: sultan
• → Min Nan: 史丹 (sú-tan)
• → Tagalog: sultan

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

• soltan

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

• IPA^(key): /sulˈtaːn/

sultan m (plural slaten, feminine sultana, diminutive slajten or slajtan)

1. (dated, historical or figurative) king, monarch, ruler

   Synonym: re

• The word is rare for the kings of modern internationally recognised states, but is otherwise still used in a broader or historical sense. Compare the same in saltna versus renju.

From Ottoman Turkish سلطان (or an Old Anatolian Turkish ancestor) or directly from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

sultan m (plural sultans)

1. sultan (ruler of a Muslim state)

• French: sultan
  • → Faroese: sultánur
  • → Portuguese: sultão
• → English: sultan

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

sultan m (definite singular sultanen, indefinite plural sultaner, definite plural sultanene)

1. sultan (ruler)

• “sultan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

sultan m (definite singular sultanen, indefinite plural sultanar, definite plural sultanane)

1. sultan (ruler)

• “sultan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /sylˈtaŋ/

sultan m

1. sultan (ruler)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

• IPA^(key): /sulˈtan/

sultan m (plural sultani)

1. sultan

• sultană
• sultănesc

• sultan in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

From Ottoman Turkish سلطان (compare Turkish sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

• IPA^(key): /sǔltaːn/
• Hyphenation: sul‧tan

sùltān m (Cyrillic spelling су̀лта̄н)

1. sultan

• “sultan” in Hrvatski jezični portal

sultan m

1. sultan (ruler)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• “sultan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

sultan c

1. sultan (ruler)

• → Finnish: sulttaani

• sultan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)

• anslut, lustan, lutans, slutna

Either from Malay sultan or from Spanish sultán, ultimately from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sulˈtan/ [sʊlˈtan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: sul‧tan

sultán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)

1. sultan (hereditary ruler in various Muslim states)

• sultanato
• sultaniya
• sultana

• “sultan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

sultan

1. sultan (Muslim king)

From Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultân), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šulṭānā, “strength, authority”) (compare Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón)).

• IPA^(key): /suɫˈtɑ(ː)n/

sultan (definite accusative sultanı, plural sultanlar)

1. A monarchic title for Sunni Muslim monarchs.
2. A noble title for monarch's mother, wives and children.
3. An honorific title for Bektashi saints.
4. A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)

sultan

1. sultan (Muslim king)