sultanate

== English == === 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)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsʌltənət/, /ˈsʌltn̩ət/, /ˈsʌltəneɪt/, /ˈsʌltn̩eɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsʌltn̩ət/, /ˈsʌltnˌeɪt/ Hyphenation: sul‧tan‧ate === Noun === sultanate (plural sultanates) A sovereign or vassal princely state—usually Muslim—where the ruler is styled sultan. Coordinate term: emirate The office or position of a sultan. Synonym: sultanship Coordinate terms: emirate, emirship ==== Hyponyms ==== Delhi Sultanate Sultanate of Bengal Sultanate of Oman Sultanate of the Maldive Islands ==== Related terms ==== sultan sultana sultanic sultanship ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === sultan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Romanian == === Noun === sultanate plural of sultanat