noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsʌltənət/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsʌltn̩ət/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsʌltəneɪt/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsʌltn̩eɪt/
General-American:/ˈsʌltn̩ət/
General-American:/ˈsʌltnˌeɪt/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A sovereign or vassal princely state—usually Muslim—where the ruler is styled sultan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The office or position of a sultan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sultanship
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
country or territory ruled by a sultan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: country, state, land
Narrower terms: Brunei, Negara Brunei Darussalam
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)bor. Ottoman Turkish سلطانbor. ▲ Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)der. Middle French sultanbor. ▲ Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)bor. Medieval Latin sultanusbor. English sultan Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātusder. English -ate English sultanate 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)
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
سَلْطَنَة
(salṭana)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Armenian:
սուլթանություն
(sultʻanutʻyun)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Azerbaijani:
sultanlıq
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Belarusian:
султана́т
(sultanát)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Belarusian:
султа́нства
(sultánstva)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Bengali:
সালতানাত
(saltanat)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Bulgarian:
султана́т
(sultanát)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Bulgarian:
султа́нство
(sultánstvo)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Catalan:
soldanat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Chinese Mandarin:
蘇丹國 /苏丹国
(sūdānguó)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Crimean Tatar:
saltanat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Czech:
sultanát
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Danish:
sultanat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Dutch:
sultanaat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Estonian:
sultanaat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Finnish:
sulttaanikunta
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
French:
sultanat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Georgian:
სულთანატი
(sultanaṭi)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
German:
Sultanat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Greek:
σουλτανάτο
(soultanáto)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Hindi:
सल्तनत
(saltanat)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Hindi:
सलतनत
(salatnat)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Hungarian:
szultanátus
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Ido:
sultanio
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Indonesian:
kesultanan
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Irish:
sabhdánacht
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Italian:
sultanato
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Kapampangan:
kesultanan
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Kapampangan:
sultanatu
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Kapampangan:
sultaniya
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Kazakh:
сұлтандық
(sūltandyq)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Kumyk:
салтанат
(saltanat)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Northern Kurdish:
siltanet
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Kyrgyz:
султандык
(sultandık)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Latin:
sultanātus
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Latvian:
sultanāts
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Lithuanian:
sultonatas
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Marathi:
सल्तनत
(saltanat)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Norwegian Bokmål:
sultanat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Norwegian Nynorsk:
sultanat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Pashto:
سلطنت
(səltanat, soltanat)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Iranian Persian:
سَلْطَنَت
(saltanat)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Polish:
sułtanat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Portuguese:
sultanato
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Portuguese:
sultanado
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Romanian:
sultanat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Russian:
султана́т
(sultanát)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Russian:
султа́нство
(sultánstvo)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Serbo-Croatian:
султа́нство
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Serbo-Croatian:
султа̀на̄т
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Serbo-Croatian:
sultánstvo
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Serbo-Croatian:
sultànāt
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Slovak:
sultanát
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Slovene:
sultanat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Spanish:
sultanía
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Spanish:
sultanato
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Swedish:
sultanat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Tagalog:
kasultanan
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Tagalog:
sultanato
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Tajik:
салтанат
(saltanat)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Tamil:
சுல்தானகம்
(cultāṉakam)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Tatar:
солтанат
(soltanat)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Thai:
รัฐสุลต่าน
(rát-sǔn-lá-dtàan)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Turkish:
saltanat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Turkish:
sultanlık
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Ottoman Turkish:
سلطنت
(saltanat)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Turkmen:
soltanlyk
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Ukrainian:
султана́т
(sultanát)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Ukrainian:
султа́нство
(sultánstvo)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Urdu:
سَلْطَنَت
(saltanat)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Uyghur:
سۇلتانلىق
(sultanliq)
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Uzbek:
sultonlik
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Uzbek:
saltanat
— princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
Finnish:
sulttaanius
— office or position of a sultan
