sultanate

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)bor. Ottoman Turkish سلطانbor. ▲ Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)der. Middle French sultanbor. ▲ Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)bor. Medieval Latin sultanusbor. English sultan Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātusder. English -ate English sultanate 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)). cognates * Classical Persian سَلْطَنَت (saltanat)

1. A sovereign or vassal princely state—usually Muslim—where the ruler is styled sultan.
2. The office or position of a sultan.