सुरताण

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سلطان (sultān), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān). Compare Old Marathi 𑘭𑘳𑘨𑘝𑘰𑘡 (suratāna), 𑘭𑘳𑘩𑘝𑘰𑘡 (sulatāna), Old Hindi सुलतांन (sulatā̃na), सुलितांन (sulitā̃na), Old Punjabi ਸੁਲਤਾਨੁ (sulatānu).

Noun

सुरताण • (suratāṇa) m

  1. sultan
    • c. 1455, Padmanābha, Kānhaḍade Prabandha 19:
      पहिलउ जई मिल्यउ दीवाणि, साची वात सुणी सरताणि।
      अलावदीन वडउ सुरताण, घणे देस वरतावी आण॥
      pahilaü jaī milyaü dīvāṇi, sācī vāta suṇī saratāṇi.
      alāvadīna vaḍaü suratāṇa, ghaṇe desa varatāvī āṇa.
      • 1991 translation by V. S. Bhatnagar
        First he met Sultān's Minister (Diwān), though whom the Sultān learnt the truth of the whole matter about Mādhava.
        Alāvadīn was a mighty sultan, indeed his sovereignty extended over many regions (deśa).

Descendants

  • Gojri: سُلْطَانْ (sultān)
  • Middle Gujarati: सुलताण
  • Malvi: सल्तान (saltān)
  • Marwari:
    Devanagari script: सुलतांण (sultā̃ṇ), सुलतान (sultān), सुलतांन (sultā̃n)
    Mahajani script: 𑅰𑅒𑅮𑅣𑅧𑅢 (sultnṇ), 𑅰𑅒𑅮𑅣𑅧 (sultn), 𑅰𑅒𑅮𑅣𑅧𑅧 (sultnn)
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