sultanus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān). Attested from the 12th century in the form soldanus as a title of Saladin.

Noun

sultanus m (genitive sultanī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) sultan

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sultanus sultanī
genitive sultanī sultanōrum
dative sultanō sultanīs
accusative sultanum sultanōs
ablative sultanō sultanīs
vocative sultane sultanī

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