султан

Macedonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsuɫtan]

Noun

султан • (sultan) m (feminine султанка, relational adjective султански)

  1. sultan

Declension

Russian

султан

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʊɫˈtan]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Noun

султа́н • (sultán) m anim (genitive султа́на, nominative plural султа́ны, genitive plural султа́нов)

  1. sultan
    • 1790, Александр Радищев, “Спасская Полесть”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
      Мне представилось, что я царь, шах, хан, король, бей, набаб, султан или какое-то сих названий нечто, седящее во власти на престоле.
      Mne predstavilosʹ, što ja carʹ, šax, xan, korolʹ, bej, nabab, sultan ili kakoje-to six nazvanij nečto, sedjaščeje vo vlasti na prestole.
      I imagined that I was a tsar, shah, khan, king, bey, nabob, sultan, or some such exalted being, sitting on a throne in power and majesty.
Declension

Noun

султа́н • (sultán) m inan (genitive султа́на, nominative plural султа́ны, genitive plural султа́нов)

  1. plume on the headgear
    Synonym: плюма́ж (pljumáž)
Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sǔltaːn/
  • Hyphenation: сул‧тан

Noun

су̀лта̄н m (Latin spelling sùltān)

  1. sultan

Declension

References

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʊɫˈtan]
  • (file)

Noun

султа́н • (sultán) m inan (genitive султа́ну, nominative plural султа́ни, genitive plural султа́нів, feminine султа́нша, relational adjective султа́нський)

  1. sultan

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.