Etymology

soldan

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Today it means: The ruler of a major Muslim state in the Middle Ages, especially the Sultan of Egypt. Full definition →

Middle English soudan ← Old French soudan ← Arabic سُلْطَان
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  1. Arabic · derived fromسُلْطَان
  2. Old French · derived fromsoudan
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsoudan
  4. English todaysoldan

From Middle English soudan, from Old French soudan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān). Doublet of sultan.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchsoudan all →

Soden

Arabicسُلْطَان all →

sultanZoltansultanate

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.