sultan
/ˈsʌltən/
- n.
- 苏丹(某些伊斯兰国家统治者的称号)
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
sultan
词源说明
Borrowed from Middle French sultan or Medieval Latin sultanus, from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “strength, authority, ruler”). Compare Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón) and סוּלְטָן (sultán). Doublet of soldan.
释义
名词noun
- 1historicalThe holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.
- 2A 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