Etymology

Saladin

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Today it means: The first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, who led the Muslim opposition to the European crusaders in the Levant. Full definition →

Arabic صَلَاحُ الدِّين
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  1. Arabic · derived fromصَلَاحُ الدِّين
  2. English todaySaladin

From Arabic صَلَاحُ الدِّين (ṣalāḥu d-dīn).

Words from the same roots

Arabicصَلَاحُ الدِّين all →

Salahuddin

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.