sultan meaning in Malayalam
സുൽത്താൻ
/ˈsʌltən/
sultan in Malayalam: സുൽത്താൻ, ഇസ്ലാമികഭരണാധികാരി, മുസ്ലീം രാജാവ്. In English, sultan means the holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.
Malayalam words for sultan
- സുൽത്താൻ, ഇസ്ലാമികഭരണാധികാരി, മുസ്ലീം രാജാവ്
English meaning of sultan
- noun The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.
- noun A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, Morocco (until 1957) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
- noun A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.
- noun A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken).
sultan in other languages
Questions about sultan in Malayalam
- What is the meaning of sultan in Malayalam?
- Sultan in Malayalam is സുൽത്താൻ, ഇസ്ലാമികഭരണാധികാരി, മുസ്ലീം രാജാവ്.
- sultan എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
- Sultan: സുൽത്താൻ, ഇസ്ലാമികഭരണാധികാരി, മുസ്ലീം രാജാവ്.
- What does sultan mean in English?
- Sultan means the holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.
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Malayalam words from Malayalam Wiktionary: sultan (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: sultan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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