sultan

«sultan» in Mova's school dictionary: a king or ruler in some Muslim countries, both in history… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sultan, sultans)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sultan is a king or ruler in some Muslim countries, both in history and today, such as the Sultan of Brunei or the Sultan of Oman. tree →

2) In history, the sultans of the Ottoman Empire ruled a huge empire from Istanbul. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons you meet sultans in the Ottoman Empire, in stories of the Crusades (Sultan Saladin) and in tales like «One Thousand and One Nights». A country ruled by a sultan is a sultanate. Phrases: the Sultan of, sultan's palace, sultanate.

examples

• The sultan lived in a palace with beautiful gardens. tree →
• The Sultan of Brunei is one of the world's richest rulers. tree →
• Saladin was a famous sultan at the time of the Crusades. tree →
• The Ottoman sultans ruled from Istanbul for centuries. tree →
• In the story, the sultan listened to a new tale every night. tree →
• A country ruled by a sultan is called a sultanate. tree →
• The sultan's wife was called the sultana. tree →
• Oman is ruled by a sultan. tree →
• "The Sultan is welcome," he said. tree →

note

Countable: one sultan, sultans. Capital S when used as a title (Sultan Suleiman). Trap: a «sultana» is a sultan's wife, mother or daughter, but also a kind of dried grape like a raisin (used in cakes and scones) — food, not royalty, in a recipe.

In the corpora

• The Ottoman sultan Mehmed II captured Constantinople in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire.
• Babur, a descendant of Timur and of Genghis Khan, founded the Mughal Empire by defeating the Delhi Sultan at Panipat in 1526.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sultan» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.