sultanate
Syllables: sul·tan·ateUK/ˈsʌltənət//ˈsʌltn̩ət/
sultanate noun: a sovereign or vassal princely state—usually Muslim—where the ruler is styled sultan.
Noun
sultanate (plural sultanates)
- A sovereign or vassal princely state—usually Muslim—where the ruler is styled sultan.
- The office or position of a sultan.
- Synonyms:
- sultanship
sultanate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sultanate in Hindi
- princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
- सल्तनत saltanat, सलतनत salatnat
sultanate in Tamil
- princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
- சுல்தானகம் cultāṉakam
sultanate in Marathi
- princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
- सल्तनत saltanat
sultanate in Urdu
- princely state where the ruler is styled sultan
- سَلْطَنَت saltanat
More languagesFewer languages
- sultanate in Bengali
- সালতানাত saltanat
- sultanate in Gujarati
- સલ્તનત saltanat
- sultanate in Pashto
- سلطنت səltanat, soltanat
- sultanate in Tagalog
- kasultanan, sultanato
- sultanate in Arabic
- سَلْطَنَة salṭana
- sultanate in Indonesian
- kesultanan
- sultanate in Thai
- รัฐสุลต่าน rát-sǔn-lá-dtàan
Synonyms of sultanate
Forms of sultanate
| plural | sultanates |
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Origin of 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)
Phrases with sultanate
Questions about sultanate
- What does sultanate mean?
- Sultanate means a sovereign or vassal princely state—usually Muslim—where the ruler is styled sultan.
- What is sultanate in Hindi?
- Sultanate in Hindi is सल्तनत (saltanat), सलतनत (salatnat). See Sultanate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sultanate?
- Sultanate is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sultanate?
- Sultanate is pronounced /ˈsʌltənət/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sultanate?
- The plural of sultanate is sultanates.
Words near sultanate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sultanate (page history and authors); સલ્તનત (Gujarati) (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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