sultāns
See also: sultans
Latvian
Mehmets III, Osmaņu impērijas sultāns
Etymology
Via other European languages (compare French sultan, German Sultan), ultimately borrowed from Turkish sultan, itself from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), apparently from Aramaic [script needed] (šultānā, “strength, power, authority”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sultāns m (1st declension)
- sultan (hereditary ruler in certain Muslim states called sultanates)
- sultāna pils ― sultan's palace
- Osmaņu impērijas sultāns ― sultan of the Ottoman empire
- tas notika toreiz, kad es viesojos pie turku sultāna ― this happened at the time when I was visiting the Turkish Sultan
Declension
Declension of sultāns (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sultāns | sultāni |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sultānu | sultānus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sultāna | sultānu |
| dative (datīvs) | sultānam | sultāniem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sultānu | sultāniem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | sultānā | sultānos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | sultāns | sultāni |
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