sultanate
nounUK /ˈsʌltənət/ · US /ˈsʌltn̩ət/
Etymology 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)
1
A sovereign or vassal princely state—usually Muslim—where the ruler is styled sultan.
2
The office or position of a sultan.
- Related terms
- sultan, sultana, sultanic, sultanship
- Hyponyms
- Delhi Sultanate, Sultanate of Bengal, Sultanate of Oman, Sultanate of the Maldive Islands