sultan

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, historical, uncountable) The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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.
3. (uncountable) A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.
4. (countable, uncountable) A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)

Sinonieme

king

👑

grand Turk

emperor

Padishah

chief

𐐒𐑉𐐭𐑌𐐴

kampong

ruler

Vertalings

Sultan

sultan

sultano

sultan

sultán

sultão

σουλτάνος

sultan

soldà

padişah

سلطان

سُلْطَان

soudan

Brunei

🇧🇳

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsʌltən/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Hebreeus: שִׁלְטוֹן

Verwante met Hebreeus: סוּלְטָן

In summary

From French sultan, from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “strength, authority, ruler”). (compare Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón) and Hebrew סוּלְטָן (sultán)). Doublet of soldan.