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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).
Noun
sultân (plural sultâns)
- (archaic) Alternative form of sultan
- 1854, J. Cumming, "Signs of the Times: The Moslem and His End, the Christian and His Hope", "The Ottoman Empire", The Church of England Quarterly Review..., Vol. XXXVI (New Ser. Vol. II), p. 189:
- Seljouk was the prime minister of Sultân Bighoû, sovereign of Kipjak; he established himself, with his tribe, in the countries of Samarcand and Bokhara, where they became converted to the religion of Islâm.