sultana

See also: Sultana, sultāna, sultānā, and sułtana

English

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

Etymology

1580s, Italian sultana (feminine of sultano). Displaced existing sultaness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌlˈtɑː.nə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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

Noun

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 (fi)
• French: raisin de Smyrne m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Sultanine (de) f
• 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)
• Ottoman Turkish: كشمش (kişmiş)
• 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

Anagrams

• alaunts, anlauts

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

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

   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Għanja ta’ Żgħożiti”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

     Il-Għanja ta’ Żgħożiti
     - bil-ferħ insiġtha jien, -
     hi għanja lis-Sbuħija
     Sultana tal-ħolqien.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suwˈtɐ̃.nɐ/ [suʊ̯ˈtɐ̃.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suwˈtɐ̃.nɐ/ [suʊ̯ˈtɐ̃.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /suwˈtɐ.na/ [suʊ̯ˈtɐ.na]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sulˈtɐ.nɐ/ [suɫˈtɐ.nɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sulˈtɐ.nɐ/ [suɫˈtɐ.nɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sulˈta.nɐ/ [suɫˈta.nɐ]

• Hyphenation: sul‧ta‧na

Noun

sultana f (plural sultanas)

1. sultana (wife of a sultan)

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sultana.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sultana (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜈ)

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

 

Further reading

• “sultana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• sulatan