Etymology

Zoltan

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Today it means: A male given name from Hungarian Zoltán. Full definition →

Hungarian Zoltán ← Ottoman Turkish سلطان ← Arabic سُلْطَان
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromسُلْطَان“ruler”
  2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromسلطان
  3. Hungarian · borrowed fromZoltán
  4. English todayZoltan

From Hungarian Zoltán, from szultán (“sultan”), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “ruler”). Doublet of sultan.

Words from the same roots

Ottoman Turkishسلطان all →

sultansultanate

Arabicسُلْطَان all →

sultansultanatesoldan

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.