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Finnish
Verb
soudan
- first-person singular present indicative of soutaa
Middle English
- saudan, saudayn, sawdan, sawden, sawdeyn, sawdon, sawdyn, soldan, soldane, souden, soudeyn, soudon, souldan, souldone, sowdan, sowdane, sowdeyn, sowdon
Etymology
From Old French soudan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔu̯ˈdaːn/, /ˈsɔu̯dan/, /ˈsɔu̯dən/
Noun
soudan (plural soudans)
- A sultan (especially one of the rulers of major Muslim states in the Middle Ages).
- (by extension) A Muslim soldier or noble.
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