soldan (plural soldans)
(now rare, historical) The ruler of a major Muslim state in the Middle Ages, especially the Sultan of Egypt.
(now rare, archaic) A sultan.
• Dolans, Ladson, soland
Source: Wiktionary
Sol"dan, n.Etym: [OE. soudan, F. soudan, from the Arabic. See Sultan.]
Definition: A sultan. [Obs.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
