sultana

1580s, Italian sultana, feminine of sultano. Displaced existing sultaness.[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌlˈtɑː.nə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌlˈtæ.nə/, /ˌsʌlˈtɑ.nə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

A 1707 engraving of Sultana Zaffira, said to be one of the wives of the Ottoman sultan Ibrahim I

sultana (plural sultanas)

1. A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.
2. A female sultan or wife or mistress of a sultan.
3. A kind of viol.
4. An old form of necklace.

• (female sense): sultaness
• (dried vine fruit): golden raisin (American English)

• sultana bird

• odalisque

• alaunts, anlauts

sultana f (plural sultane) (masculine: sultano)

1. sultan (female relative of sultan)

sultana f (plural sultanas)

1. sultana (wife of a sultan)

sultana f (plural sultanas)

1. sultana