sultan
Maltese
/sʊlˈtaːn/
noun
Definitions
- (dated) king, monarch, ruler
Etymology
Inherited from Arabic سُلْطَان (sultan).
Origin
Arabic
سُلْطَان
Gloss
sultan
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Sultan German
- султа́н Russian
- султан Russian
- sultan Norwegian Bokmål
- sultan Swedish
- sultan Norwegian Nynorsk
- sultan Danish
- سُلْطَان Arabic
- نُور Arabic
- soudan Old French
- سلطان Persian
- สุลต่าน Thai
- sultan Turkish
- сұлтан Kazakh
- سلطان Ottoman Turkish
- sultani Swahili
- שׁוּלְטָנָא Aramaic
- שולטנא Aramaic
- सुरताण Old Gujarati
- سلطان fa-cls
- sultaan Afar