saltanat
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سلطنت (saltanat), from Arabic سَلْطَنَة (salṭana).
Noun
saltanat n (plural saltanaturi)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | saltanat | saltanatul | saltanaturi | saltanaturile | |
| genitive-dative | saltanat | saltanatului | saltanaturi | saltanaturilor | |
| vocative | saltanatule | saltanaturilor | |||
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سلطنت (saltanat), from Arabic سَلْطَنَة (salṭana).
Noun
saltanat (definite accusative saltanatı, plural saltanatlar)
- power, authority, sovereignty
- state, empire, monarchy, sultanate
- Synonyms: hükümdarlık, padişahlık, sultanlık
- (figurative) pomp; opulence
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “saltanat”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1100
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سلطنت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 689
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “saltanat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سلطنت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1072
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN