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6-letter words (2 found)

SULTAN,UNLAST,

5-letter words (16 found)

ASTUN,AUNTS,LANTS,LATUS,LUNAS,LUNTS,SALUT,SAULT,SAUNT,SLANT,STAUN,TALUS,TUANS,TUNAS,ULANS,ULNAS,

4-letter words (30 found)

ALTS,ALUS,ANTS,ANUS,AUNT,LANT,LAST,LATS,LATU,LUNA,LUNS,LUNT,LUST,NATS,NUTS,SALT,SANT,SAUL,SAUT,SLAT,SLUT,STUN,TANS,TAUS,TUAN,TUNA,TUNS,ULAN,ULNA,UTAS,

3-letter words (25 found)

ALS,ALT,ALU,ANS,ANT,ATS,LAS,LAT,LUN,NAS,NAT,NUS,NUT,SAL,SAN,SAT,SAU,SUN,TAN,TAS,TAU,TUN,UNS,UTA,UTS,

2-letter words (12 found)

AL,AN,AS,AT,LA,NA,NU,ST,TA,UN,US,UT,

You can make 85 words from sultan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sultan

sultan

Alternative forms

  • sultân (archaic)
  • sulṭān (rare)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʌltən/
  • Hyphenation: sul‧tan
  • Rhymes: -ʌltən

Noun

sultan (countable and uncountable, plural sultans or (rare, only in certain senses) salateen)

  1. (historical) The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.
  2. 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 1956) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
  3. (card games, uncountable) A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.
  4. A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)

Derived terms

  • sultan tit
  • sultana
  • sultanate

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 蘇丹／苏丹 (sūdān)

Translations

See also

  • sultana bird

References

Anagrams

  • Naults, unlast

Azerbaijani

Alternative forms

  • soltan

Etymology

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

Noun

sultan (definite accusative sultanı, plural sultanlar)

  1. sultan

Declension

Further reading

  • “sultan” in Obastan.com.

Danish

Etymology

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Noun

sultan c (singular definite sultanen, plural indefinite sultaner)

  1. sultan (ruler)

Declension

References

  • “sultan” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Turkish sultan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šulṭānā, “strength, authority”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʏl.tɑn/
  • Hyphenation: sul‧tan

Noun

sultan m (plural sultans, feminine sultane)

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

Derived terms

  • sultana f
  • sultanaat n
  • sultane f
  • sultanshoen n

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Estonian

Etymology

From German Sultan.

Noun

sultan (genitive sultani, partitive sultanit)

  1. sultan (ruler)

Declension

Derived terms

  • sultaniriik

Related terms

  • sultanaat

Further reading

  • “sultan”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • sultan in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French sultan (“ruler of a Muslim state”), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان. See English sultan for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syl.tɑ̃/

Noun

sultan m (plural sultans, feminine sultane)

  1. a sultan: a Muslim ruler with a certain title
  2. a silk-ornamented basket
  3. a perfume sachet to put in a linen coffer

Synonyms

  • soudan

Descendants

  • → Faroese: sultánur
  • → Portuguese: sultão

References

  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

  • “sultan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Icelandic

Noun

sultan

  1. definite nominative singular of sulta

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sultan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šulṭānā, “strength, authority, ruler, prince”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʊltan]
  • Hyphenation: sul‧tan

Noun

sultan (first-person possessive sultanku, second-person possessive sultanmu, third-person possessive sultannya)

  1. sultan
    Synonyms: baginda, raja

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “sultan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šulṭānā, “strength, authority, ruler, prince”).

Noun

sultan (Jawi spelling سلطان, plural sultan-sultan, informal 1st possessive sultanku, 2nd possessive sultanmu, 3rd possessive sultannya)

  1. sultan (ruler)

Derived terms

  • kesultanan

Descendants

  • Indonesian: sultan
  • → Min Nan: 史丹 (sú-tan)
  • → Tagalog: sultan

Further reading

  • “sultan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maltese

Alternative forms

  • soltan

Etymology

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sulˈtaːn/

Noun

sultan m (plural slaten, feminine sultana, diminutive slajten or slajtan)

  1. (dated, historical or figurative) king, monarch, ruler
    Synonym: re

Usage notes

  • The word is rare for the kings of modern internationally recognised states, but is otherwise still used in a broader or historical sense. Compare the same in saltna versus renju.

Middle French

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سلطان (or an Old Anatolian Turkish ancestor) or directly from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Noun

sultan m (plural sultans)

  1. sultan (ruler of a Muslim state)

Descendants

  • French: sultan
    • → Faroese: sultánur
    • → Portuguese: sultão
  • → English: sultan

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Noun

sultan m (definite singular sultanen, indefinite plural sultaner, definite plural sultanene)

  1. sultan (ruler)

References

  • “sultan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Noun

sultan m (definite singular sultanen, indefinite plural sultanar, definite plural sultanane)

  1. sultan (ruler)

References

  • “sultan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sylˈtaŋ/

Noun

sultan m

  1. sultan (ruler)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sulˈtan/

Noun

sultan m (plural sultani)

  1. sultan

Declension

Derived terms

  • sultană
  • sultănesc

Further reading

  • sultan in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سلطان (compare Turkish sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sǔltaːn/
  • Hyphenation: sul‧tan

Noun

sùltān m (Cyrillic spelling су̀лта̄н)

  1. sultan

Declension

References

  • “sultan” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Noun

sultan m

  1. sultan (ruler)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “sultan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Noun

sultan c

  1. sultan (ruler)

Declension

Descendants

  • → Finnish: sulttaani

Further reading

  • sultan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)

Anagrams

  • anslut, lustan, lutans, slutna

Tagalog

Etymology

Either from Malay sultan or from Spanish sultán, ultimately from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sulˈtan/, [sʊlˈtan]
  • Hyphenation: sul‧tan

Noun

sultán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. sultan (hereditary ruler in various Muslim states)

Related terms

  • sultanato
  • sultaniya
  • sultana

See also

Further reading

  • “sultan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tausug

Noun

sultan

  1. sultan (Muslim king)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultân), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), from Aramaic שולטנא (šulṭānā, “strength, authority”) (compare Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suɫˈtɑ(ː)n/

Noun

sultan (definite accusative sultanı, plural sultanlar)

  1. A monarchic title for Sunni Muslim monarchs.
  2. A noble title for monarch's mother, wives and children.
  3. An honorific title for Bektashi saints.
  4. A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)

Declension

Derived terms

Yakan

Noun

sultan

  1. sultan (Muslim king)

Source: wiktionary.org