султан

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

Noun

султа́н (sultánm

  1. sultan

Declension

Further reading

  • султан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • султан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

Noun

султан (sultanm (feminine султанка, relational adjective султански)

  1. sultan

Declension

Russian

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султан

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Noun

султа́н (sultánm anim (genitive султа́на, nominative plural султа́ны, genitive plural султа́нов)

  1. sultan
    • 1790, Александр Радищев, “Спасская Полесть”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
      Мне представилось, что я царь, шах, хан, король, бей, набаб, султан или какое-то сих названий нечто, седящее во власти на престоле.
      Mne predstavilosʹ, što ja carʹ, šax, xan, korolʹ, bej, nabab, sultan ili kakoje-to six nazvanij nečto, sedjaščeje vo vlasti na prestole.
      I imagined that I was a tsar, shah, khan, king, bey, nabob, sultan, or some such exalted being, sitting on a throne in power and majesty.
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

султа́н (sultánm inan (genitive султа́на, nominative plural султа́ны, genitive plural султа́нов)

  1. plume on the headgear
    Synonym: плюма́ж (pljumáž)
Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سلطان (compare Turkish sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sǔltaːn/
  • Hyphenation: сул‧тан

Noun

су̀лта̄н m (Latin spelling sùltān)

  1. sultan

Declension

References

  • султан”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

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Etymology

From Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

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Noun

султа́н (sultánm inan (genitive султа́ну, nominative plural султа́ни, genitive plural султа́нів, feminine султа́нша, relational adjective султа́нський)

  1. sultan

Declension

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