سلطان

Arabic

Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire

Etymology

From Aramaic שׁוּלְטָנָא / ܫܘܼܠܛܵܢܵܐ (šulṭānā, power).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʊlˈtˤɑːn/

Noun

سُلْطَان (sulṭān) m or f (usually uncountable)

  1. power, strength
  2. rule, dominion
  3. authority
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:23:
      إِن هِيَ إِلّا أَسماءٌ سَمَّيتُموها أَنتُم وَآباؤُكُم ما أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِها مِن سُلطانٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَما تَهوَى الأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَد جاءَهُم مِن رَبِّهِمُ الهُدىٰ
      These are but names which you have coined —you and your fathers— for which God has not sent down any authority. They follow nothing but conjectures and the desires of the [lower] soul, while there has already come to them the guidance from their Lord.
  4. mandate, authorization
  5. proof, evidence, an argument or case against
  6. a plea, an allegation, the grounds or basis for one's case being superior
  7. justification

Declension

Noun

سُلْطَان (sulṭān) m (plural سَلَاطِين (salāṭīn))

  1. sultan

Declension

Descendants


Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic سلطان.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sul.taːn/

Noun

سلطان (plural سلطان٢, informal first-person singular possessive سلطانکو, impolite second-person singular possessive سلطانمو, third-person singular possessive سلطانڽ)

  1. sultan

Further reading

  • "سلطان" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (Malay Literary Reference Centre).

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Noun

سلطان (soltân)

  1. sultan
  2. king

Synonyms


Urdu

Etymology

From Persian سلطان, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Noun

سلطان (sultān) m (Hindi spelling सुल्तान)

  1. sultan
  2. king
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