soudan

See also: Soudan

Finnish

Verb

soudan

first-person singular present indicative of soutaa

Middle English

Alternative forms

saudan, saudayn, sawdan, sawden, sawdeyn, sawdon, sawdyn, soldan, soldane, souden, soudeyn, soudon, souldan, souldone, sowdan, sowdane, sowdeyn, sowdon

Etymology

From Old French soudan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔu̯ˈdaːn/, /ˈsɔu̯dan/, /ˈsɔu̯dən/

Noun

soudan (plural soudans)

A sultan (especially one of the rulers of major Muslim states in the Middle Ages).
(by extension) A Muslim soldier or noble.

Descendants

English: soldan
Scots: sowdian

References

“soudan, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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