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)
- power, strength
- rule, dominion
- authority
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- 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.
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- mandate, authorization
- proof, evidence, an argument or case against
- a plea, an allegation, the grounds or basis for one's case being superior
- justification
Declension
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 |
Declension
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 |
Descendants
- → Georgian: სულთანი (sultani)
- → Hebrew: סוּלְטָן
- Icelandic: soldán
- → Italian: sultano
- → Kurdish: sultan
- → Kyrgyz: султан (sultan)
- → Malay: سلطان (sultan)
- → Indonesian: sultan
- → Maltese: sultan
- → Maranao: solutan
- → Medieval Latin: sultānus
- → Middle Armenian: սուլթան (sultʿan)
- Armenian: սուլթան (sultʿan)
- → Persian: سلطان (soltân)
- → Assamese: চুলতান (sultan)
- → Bengali: সুলতান (sultan)
- → Gujarati: સુલતાન (sultān)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kazakh: сұлтан (sultan)
- → Marathi: सुलतान (sultān)
- → Old Gujarati: सुरताण
- Gujarati: સરતાણ (sartāṇ)
- Tajik: султон (sulton)
- → Tatar: солтан (soltan)
- → Turkmen: soltan
- → Uyghur: سۇلتان (sultan)
- → Uzbek: sulton, sultan
- → Russian: султан (sultan)
- → Ottoman Turkish: سلطان (sultân)
Malay
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sul.taːn/
Persian
Synonyms
- پادشاه (pâdešâh)
Urdu
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