sultana

See also: Sultana, sultāna, and sultānā

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌlˈtɑː.nə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌlˈtæ.nə/, /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)

A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape
A female sultan or wife of a sultan
A kind of viol.
An old form of necklace.

Synonyms

(female sense): sultaness
(dried vine fruit): golden raisin (American English)

Derived terms

sultana bird

Translations

raisin

Chinese:
Mandarin: 苏丹娜
Esperanto: sultanino
Finnish: sulttaanirusina
French: raisin de Smyrne m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Greek: ξανθή σταφίδα f (xanthí stafída)
Irish: sabhdánach m

Italian: uva sultanina f
Japanese: スルタナ
Macedonian: суво грозје n (súvo grózje)
Romanian: sultanină (ro) f
Russian: кишми́ш (ru) m (kišmíš)
Spanish: sultanina f
Turkish: çekirdeksiz üzüm

female relative of a sultan

Irish: bansabhdán m
Italian: sultana f
Malay: sultanah
Marathi: सुल्ताना f (sultānā)

Portuguese: sultana f
Romanian: sultană (ro) f
Turkish: sultan (tr)

See also

odalisque

References

↑ “sultana” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Anagrams

alaunts, anlauts

Italian

Noun

sultana f (plural sultane) (masculine: sultano)

sultan (female relative of sultan)

Portuguese

Noun

sultana f (plural sultanas)

sultana (wife of a sultan)

Spanish

Noun

sultana f (plural sultanas)

sultana

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