see|Sultan
English
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Etymology
From Ar. ARchar|س�طا� unicode|sūlt�n, meaning strength and authority.

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�lt�n|-�lt�n

Noun
en-noun

1. originally, a secular office, formally subordinate to -, but de facto the power behind the throne of the (theoretically universal) caliph
2. a hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Indonesia and in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
3. a variant of patience, played with two decks of cards.
4. the sultana bird or (African) purple swamphen, purple moorhen or purple gallinule, officially named (in Latin) porphyrio porphyrio, a bird species of the rallidae family

Spanish: sultán m
Turkish: sultan#Turkish|sultan m
Urdu: URchar|س�طا� (sult�n) m
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Dutch: sultanshoen n
Esperanto: purpura porfirio f
French: poule sultane, talève sultane f
German: Purpurhuhn
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Italian: pollo sultano m
Norwegian: sultanhøne
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Bosnian

Etymology
From Turk.|bs sultan#Turkish|sultan < Ar.|bs ARchar|س�طا�.

Noun
sultan m s (p: sultani)

1. #English|sultan

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Croatian

Etymology
From Turk.|hr sultan#Turkish|sultan < Ar.|hr ARchar|س�طا�.

Noun
sultan m s (p: sultani)

1. #English|sultan

Category:Croatian nouns

Dutch

Noun
sultan m (p: sultans)

1. sultan, a Muslim ruler title
2. a certain pastry

Derived terms
sultana
sultanaat
sultane
sultanshoen

References
Koenen

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French

Noun
sultan m (p: sultans)

1. sultan, a Muslim ruler title
2. silk-ornated basket
3. perfume sachet, to put in a linnen coffer

Synonyms
soudan

References
NPLarousse

Category:French nouns

Serbian

Etymology
From Turk.|sr sultan#Turkish|sultan < Ar.|sr ARchar|س�طا�.

Noun
sultan m s (p: sultani)

1. #English|sultan

Cyrillic spelling
��л�ан#Serbian|��л�ан

Category:Serbian nouns

Turkish

Etymology
From Ar.|tr ARchar|س�طا�.

Noun
sultan

1. #English|sultan
2. king

Category:Turkish nouns

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