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سلطان

Arabic

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Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire

Etymology

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    From the root س ل ط (s-l-ṭ). Cognates with Aramaic שׁוּלְטָנָא / ܫܘܼܠܛܵܢܵܐ (šulṭānā, “power”) and Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón, “rulership, authority”).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    سُلْطَان • (sulṭān) m or f (usually uncountable)

    1. power, strength
    2. rule, dominion
    3. authority
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:23:
        إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الأَنْفُسُ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِن رَبِّهِمُ الهُدَى
        ʔin hiya ʔillā ʔasmāʔun sammaytumūhā ʔantum wa-ʔābāʔukum mā ʔanzala l-lahu bihā min sulṭānin ʔin yattabiʕūna ʔillā ẓ-ẓanna wa-mā tahwā l-ʔanfusu wa-laqad jāʔahum min rabbihimu l-hudā
        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

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    Declension of noun سُلْطَان (sulṭān)
    Singular basic singular triptote
    Indefinite Definite Construct
    Informal سُلْطَان
    sulṭān     		السُّلْطَان
    as-sulṭān     		سُلْطَان
    sulṭān
    Nominative سُلْطَانٌ
    sulṭānun     		السُّلْطَانُ
    as-sulṭānu     		سُلْطَانُ
    sulṭānu
    Accusative سُلْطَانًا
    sulṭānan     		السُّلْطَانَ
    as-sulṭāna     		سُلْطَانَ
    sulṭāna
    Genitive سُلْطَانٍ
    sulṭānin     		السُّلْطَانِ
    as-sulṭāni     		سُلْطَانِ
    sulṭāni

    Noun

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

    1. sultan

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    Declension of noun سُلْطَان (sulṭān)
    Singular basic singular triptote
    Indefinite Definite Construct
    Informal سُلْطَان
    sulṭān     		السُّلْطَان
    as-sulṭān     		سُلْطَان
    sulṭān
    Nominative سُلْطَانٌ
    sulṭānun     		السُّلْطَانُ
    as-sulṭānu     		سُلْطَانُ
    sulṭānu
    Accusative سُلْطَانًا
    sulṭānan     		السُّلْطَانَ
    as-sulṭāna     		سُلْطَانَ
    sulṭāna
    Genitive سُلْطَانٍ
    sulṭānin     		السُّلْطَانِ
    as-sulṭāni     		سُلْطَانِ
    sulṭāni
    Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
    Informal سُلْطَانَيْن
    sulṭānayn     		السُّلْطَانَيْن
    as-sulṭānayn     		سُلْطَانَيْ
    sulṭānay
    Nominative سُلْطَانَانِ
    sulṭānāni     		السُّلْطَانَانِ
    as-sulṭānāni     		سُلْطَانَا
    sulṭānā
    Accusative سُلْطَانَيْنِ
    sulṭānayni     		السُّلْطَانَيْنِ
    as-sulṭānayni     		سُلْطَانَيْ
    sulṭānay
    Genitive سُلْطَانَيْنِ
    sulṭānayni     		السُّلْطَانَيْنِ
    as-sulṭānayni     		سُلْطَانَيْ
    sulṭānay
    Plural basic broken plural diptote
    Indefinite Definite Construct
    Informal سَلَاطِين
    salāṭīn     		السَّلَاطِين
    as-salāṭīn     		سَلَاطِين
    salāṭīn
    Nominative سَلَاطِينُ
    salāṭīnu     		السَّلَاطِينُ
    as-salāṭīnu     		سَلَاطِينُ
    salāṭīnu
    Accusative سَلَاطِينَ
    salāṭīna     		السَّلَاطِينَ
    as-salāṭīna     		سَلَاطِينَ
    salāṭīna
    Genitive سَلَاطِينَ
    salāṭīna     		السَّلَاطِينِ
    as-salāṭīni     		سَلَاطِينِ
    salāṭīni

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    • Maltese: sultan
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    سلطان (plural سلطان-سلطان or سلطان۲, informal 1st possessive سلطانکو, 2nd possessive سلطانمو, 3rd possessive سلطانڽ)

    1. Jawi spelling of sultan‎

    Ottoman Turkish

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    Etymology

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    From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

    Noun

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    سلطان • (sultan)

    1. sultan
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    Persian

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

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      Readings
      Classical reading? sultān
      Dari reading? sultān
      Iranian reading? soltân
      Tajik reading? sulton

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      Dari سلطان
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik султон

      سُلْطان • (soltân) (plural سلاطین (salâtin) or سلطان‌ها (soltân-hâ))

      1. sultan; king, ruler, sovereign
        Synonyms: پادشاه (pâdešâh), شاه (šâh), ملک (malek)
        • c. 1100, Amīr Mu'izzī, “Qaṣīda 41”, in دیوان امیر معزی‎[3]:
          جز خداوندی که عالم بندهٔ تقدیر اوست
          کیست در عالم‌ که او سلطان سلطان سنجر است
          juz xudāwandē ki ālam banda-yi taqdīr-i ō-st
          kē-st dar ālam ki ō sultān-i sultān sanjar ast
          Save for the Lord to whose decree the world is a slave,
          Who in the world is there to be king over Sultan Sanjar?
          (Classical Persian transliteration)
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      Sindhi

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      Etymology

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      From Classical Persian سلطان (sultān), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

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      سُلْطانُ • (sultānu) m (Devanagari सुल्तानु)

      1. king; emperor

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      • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “سلطان”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

      Urdu

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Classical Persian سلطان (sultān), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

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      سُلْطان • (sultān) m (Hindi spelling सुल्तान)

      1. sultan
        Synonyms: سَمْراٹ (samrāṭ), بادْشاہ (bādśāh), سَمْراج (samrāj), پادْشاہ (pādśāh), شَہَنْشاہ (śahanśāh)
      2. king
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