সুলতান

Bengali

Etymology

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Arabic س ل ط (s l ṭ)

Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)bor.

Classical Persian سُلْطَان (sultān)bor.

Avahattha 𑖭𑖲𑖨𑖲𑖝𑖯𑖡 (surutāna)der.

Bengali সুলতান (śulotan)

Borrowed from Classical Persian سُلْطَان (sultān), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān). Superseded earlier Avahattha 𑖭𑖲𑖨𑖲𑖝𑖯𑖡 (surutāna).

Cognates

Compare Hindi सुल्तान (sultān).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /sult̪an/, [ˈsul̪t̪an]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /sult̪an/, [ˈsul̪t̪an]

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Noun

সুলতান • (śulotan) (feminine সুলতানা (śultana))

1. sultan; Muslim emperor

   Synonyms: বাদশাহ (badośah), মহারাজ (moharaj), সম্রাট (śomraṭ)

Further reading

• Atindra Mojumder (1981) “সুলতান”, in Arabic, Persian and Turkish Words in Bengali Literature, Melbourne: University of Melbourne; republished 15 Shyama Charan Dey Street, Kolkata 700073: Ekush Shatak, 2012, page 480