sultāns

See also: sultans

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages (compare French sultan, German Sultan), ultimately borrowed from Turkish sultan, itself from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), apparently from Aramaic [script needed] (šultānā, “strength, power, authority”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sultāns m (1st declension)

  1. sultan (hereditary ruler in certain Muslim states called sultanates)
    sultāna pils ― sultan's palace
    Osmaņu impērijas sultāns ― sultan of the Ottoman empire
    tas notika toreiz, kad es viesojos pie turku sultāna ― this happened at the time when I was visiting the Turkish Sultan

Declension

Declension of sultāns (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative sultāns sultāni
genitive sultāna sultānu
dative sultānam sultāniem
accusative sultānu sultānus
instrumental sultānu sultāniem
locative sultānā sultānos
vocative sultān sultāni
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