Etymology

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Arabic سَلَاطِين
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromسَلَاطِين
  2. English todaysalateen

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَاطِين (salāṭīn), the plural of سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “sultan”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.