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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

  1. noun The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.
  2. 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.
  3. noun A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.
  4. noun A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken).

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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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