sultana

sultana

See also: Sultana, sultāna, sultānā, and sułtana

English

Etymology

1580s, Italian sultana, feminine of sultano. Displaced existing sultaness.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌlˈtɑː.nə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌlˈtæn.ə/, /ˌsʌlˈtɑ.nə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

A 1707 engraving of Sultana Zaffira, said to be one of the wives of the Ottoman sultan Ibrahim I

sultana (plural sultanas)

1. A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.

   Synonym: (American English) golden raisin

2. A wife or mistress of a sultan.

   Synonym: sultaness

3. A female ruler of a sultanate.

   Synonym: sultaness

4. A type of viol, a cither viol.
5. An old form of necklace.

Derived terms

• sultana bird

Translations

type of raisin

Chinese: Mandarin: 苏丹娜 Dutch: sultana (nl) Esperanto: sultanino Finnish: sulttaanirusina French: raisin de Smyrne m Georgian: please add this translation if you can Greek: ξανθή σταφίδα f (xanthí stafída) Hindi: सुल्ताना f (sultānā), सुलताना (hi) f (sultānā) Irish: sabhdánach m Italian: uva sultanina f Japanese: スルタナ Macedonian: суво грозје n (suvo grozje) Romanian: sultanină (ro) f Russian: кишми́ш (ru) m (kišmíš) Spanish: sultanina f Turkish: çekirdeksiz üzüm

wife or mistress of a sultan

Finnish: sulttaanitar French: sultane (fr) f German: Sultana f Hindi: सुल्ताना f (sultānā), सुलताना (hi) f (sultānā) Irish: bansabhdán m, bean sabhdáin f (wife of a sultan) Italian: sultana f Malay: sultanah Marathi: सुल्ताना f (sultānā) Portuguese: sultana (pt) f Romanian: sultană (ro) f Spanish: sultana f Turkish: sultan (tr)

female ruler of a sultanate

Finnish: sulttaanitar

See also

• odalisque

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “sultana”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• alaunts, anlauts

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sulˈta.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: sul‧tà‧na

Noun

sultana f (plural sultane, masculine sultano)

1. sultan (female relative of sultan)

Anagrams

• salunta

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Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sulˈtaːna/

Noun

sultana f

1. female equivalent of sultan; a queen; a female monarch or ruler, or the wife of a male one

   Synonym: reġina

Usage notes

• The word is rare for the queens of modern internationally recognised states, but is otherwise still used in a broader or historical sense.

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Portuguese

Noun

sultana f (plural sultanas)

1. sultana (wife of a sultan)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sulˈtana/ [sul̪ˈt̪a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: sul‧ta‧na

Noun

sultana f (plural sultanas, masculine sultán, masculine plural sultanes)

1. sultana

Further reading

• “sultana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sultana, ultimately from Arabic سُلْطَانَة‎ (sulṭāna).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sul‧ta‧na
• IPA^(key): /sulˈtana/, [sʊlˈta.nɐ]

Noun

sultana

1. sultana (mother, wife, or daughter of the sultan)
2. sultana (a pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape)

Related terms

• sultan
• sultanato
• sultaniya

See also

• datu
• dayang
• Gat
• hari
• ladya
• lakan
• Panginoon
• poon
• raha
• reyna