Meanings
nounsultanate (plural sultanates)
plural sultanates
- The office or position of a sultan.
Synonyms: sultanship
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe office or position of a sultan.
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Origin
- Arabicسُلْطَان (sulṭān)
- Ottoman Turkishسلطان
- Arabicسُلْطَان (sulṭān)
- Middle Frenchsultan
- Arabicسُلْطَان (sulṭān)
- Medieval Latinsultanus
- Englishsultan
- Englishsultanate
From sultan + -ate (suffix forming nouns denoting offices or ranks, or the charges or contexts of these). Sultan is borrowed from Middle French sultan or from its etymon Medieval Latin sultanus, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “authority; dominion, rule; power, strength”) (from the Arabic root س ل ط (“related to power”); possibly through from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan)). cognates * Classical Persian سَلْطَنَت (saltanat)
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Arabic سَلْطَنَة
- سَلْطَنَة (salṭana)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Bengali সালতানাত
- সালতানাত (saltanat)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Bulgarian султана́т, султа́нство
- султана́т (sultanát)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
- султа́нство (sultánstvo)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Catalan soldanat
- soldanatprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Chinese Mandarin 蘇丹國 /苏丹国
- 蘇丹國 /苏丹国 (sūdānguó)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Czech sultanát
- sultanátprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Danish sultanat
- sultanatprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Dutch sultanaat
- sultanaatprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Estonian sultanaat
- sultanaatprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Finnish sulttaanikunta, sulttaanius
- sulttaanikuntaprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
- sulttaaniusoffice or position of a sultan
French sultanat
- sultanatprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
German Sultanat
- Sultanatprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Greek σουλτανάτο
- σουλτανάτο (soultanáto)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Hindi सल्तनत, सलतनत
- सल्तनत (saltanat)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
- सलतनत (salatnat)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Hungarian szultanátus
- szultanátusprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Indonesian kesultanan
- kesultananprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Irish sabhdánacht
- sabhdánachtprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Italian sultanato
- sultanatoprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Latin sultanātus
- sultanātusprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Latvian sultanāts
- sultanātsprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Lithuanian sultonatas
- sultonatasprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Norwegian Bokmål sultanat
- sultanatprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Polish sułtanat, sułtanat
- sułtanatprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
- sułtanatoffice or position of a sultan
Portuguese sultanato, sultanado
- sultanatoprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
- sultanadoprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Punjabi ਸਲਤਨਤ
- ਸਲਤਨਤ (saltanat)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Romanian sultanat
- sultanatprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Russian султана́т, султа́нство
- султана́т (sultanát)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
- султа́нство (sultánstvo)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Slovak sultanát
- sultanátprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Spanish sultanía, sultanato
- sultaníaprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
- sultanatoprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Swedish sultanat
- sultanatprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Tagalog kasultanan, sultanato
- kasultananprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
- sultanatoprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Tamil சுல்தானகம்
- சுல்தானகம் (cultāṉakam)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Thai รัฐสุลต่าน
- รัฐสุลต่าน (rát-sǔn-lá-dtàan)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Turkish saltanat, sultanlık
- saltanatprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
- sultanlıkprincely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Ukrainian султана́т, султа́нство
- султана́т (sultanát)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
- султа́нство (sultánstvo)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Urdu سَلْطَنَت
- سَلْطَنَت (saltanat)princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
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