salateen
UK/səlɑːˈtiːn/
salateen is the alternative plural of sultan.
Meaning of sultan
Noun
sultan (countable and uncountable, plural sultans or (rare, only in certain senses) salateen)
- The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.
- 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.
- Here from the king's mountain view
Here from the wild dream come true
Feast like a sultan, I do
On treasures and flesh never few2006, “Jambi”, performed by Tool
- Here from the king's mountain view
- A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.
- A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)
Origin of salateen
Borrowed from Arabic سَلَاطِين (salāṭīn), the plural of سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “sultan”).
Questions about salateen
- What is salateen the alternative plural of?
- Salateen is the alternative plural of sultan.
- How do you pronounce salateen?
- Salateen is pronounced /səlɑːˈtiːn/ (UK).
Words near salateen in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: salateen (page history and authors); sultan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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