sultana

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

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

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

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.

• sultana bird

• odalisque

• alaunts, anlauts

• IPA^(key): /sulˈta.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: sul‧tà‧na

sultana f (plural sultane, masculine sultano)

1. sultan (female relative of sultan)

• salunta

• IPA^(key): /sulˈtaːna/

sultana f

1. female equivalent of sultan; a queen; a female monarch or ruler, or the wife of a male one

   Synonym: reġina

• The word is rare for the queens of modern internationally recognised states, but is otherwise still used in a broader or historical sense.

sultana f (plural sultanas)

1. sultana (wife of a sultan)

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

sultana f (plural sultanas, masculine sultán, masculine plural sultanes)

1. sultana

• “sultana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Spanish sultana, ultimately from Arabic سُلْطَانَة‎ (sulṭāna).

• Hyphenation: sul‧ta‧na
• IPA^(key): /sulˈtana/, [sʊlˈta.nɐ]

sultana

1. sultana (mother, wife, or daughter of the sultan)
2. sultana (a pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape)

• sultan
• sultanato
• sultaniya