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sultan

noun
/ˈsʌltən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)bor. Ottoman Turkish سلطانbor. ▲ Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)der. Middle French sultanbor. ▲ Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)bor. Medieval Latin sultanusbor. English sultan Borrowed from Middle French sultan or Medieval Latin sultanus, from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “strength, authority, ruler”). Compare Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón) and סוּלְטָן (sultán). Doublet of soldan.

  1. derived from سُلْطَان
  2. derived from سلطان
  3. borrowed from sultanus
  4. borrowed from sultan

Definitions

  1. The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind…

    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…

    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 1957) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.

    • Here from the king's mountain view Here from the wild dream come true Feast like a sultan, I do On treasures and flesh never few

  3. A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental…

      A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)

    2. A surname.

    3. A glacier in Antarctica

    4. A village in Azerbaijan.

    5. A coastal town in Libya.

    6. An unincorporated community in Ontario.

    7. A town, village and mountain range in Turkey.

    8. A city and river in Washington.

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Derived

sultana, sultanate, sultanic, sultanism, Sultan Kudarat, sultanless, sultanlike, sultanry, sultanship, sultan tit

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