sultan
Significado (Inglés)
- (countable, historical, uncountable) The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.
- (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.
- (uncountable) A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.
- (countable, uncountable) A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)
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Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈsʌltən/
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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.
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