Saladin

English

Etymology

From Arabic صَلَاحُ الدِّين (ṣalāḥu d-dīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsælədɪn/

Proper noun

Saladin

1. (history) First sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, who led the Muslim opposition to the European Crusaders in the Levant.
2. A governorate in northern Iraq.

Derived terms

• Eagle of Saladin
• Saladin tithe

Translations

first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty

• Arabic: صَلَاح الدِّين m (ṣalāḥ ad-dīn)
• Armenian: Սալահ ադ Դին (Salah ad Din), Սալահ ալ Դին (Salah al Din), Սալահեդդին (Salaheddin)
• Azerbaijani: Səlahəddin
• Catalan: Saladí
• French: Saladin (fr)
• Hindi: सलाउद्दीन m (salāuddīn)
• Italian: Saladino m
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سەلاحەددین (selaḧeddîn)

  Northern Kurdish: Selahedîn (ku)

• Latin: Saladinus m
• Persian: صلاح‌الدین (salâheddin)
• Polish: Saladyn (pl) m
• Portuguese: Saladino m
• Romanian: Saladin m
• Russian: Салади́н (ru) (Saladín)
• Spanish: Saladín m, Saladino (es) m
• Urdu: صلاح الدین m (ṣalāḥu d-dīn)