different between tsarina vs sultana

English

Alternative forms

• czarina
• tzarina

Etymology

Via Italian czarina or Spanish czarina, from German Czarin, Zarin, feminine form of Czar, Zar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsa??i?n?/, /za??i?n?/

Noun

tsarina (plural tsarinas, masculine tsar)

1. An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar.

Synonyms

• tsaritsa, czaritza

Related terms

• tsar
• tsarevna
• tsarevich

Translations

Further reading

• tsarina at OneLook Dictionary Search
• tsarina, tzarina, czarina, czaritza, czaritsa at Google Ngram Viewer

Anagrams

• Sartain, Sinatra, Taranis, Trainas, antiars, artisan, astrain, sartain, tasiRNA, tasirna, tsarian

Dutch

Etymology

Probably from Italian or Spanish, cf. the English etymology. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tsa??ri.na?/
• Hyphenation: tsa?ri?na
• Rhymes: -i.na?

Noun

tsarina f (plural tsarina's, masculine tsaar)

1. tsarina (female tsar/empress, wife of a tsar)

   Synonym: tsarin

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Zarin, a feminine form of Zar (“Tsar”).

Noun

tsarina m (definite singular tsarinaen, indefinite plural tsarinaer, definite plural tsarinaene)

1. tsarina

   Synonym: tsaritsa

References

• “tsarina” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Zarin, a feminine form of Zar (“Tsar”).

Noun

tsarina f (definite singular tsarinaa, indefinite plural tsarinaer, definite plural tsarinaene)

1. tsarina

   Synonym: tsaritsa

References

• “tsarina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

tsarina f (plural tsarinas)

1. Alternative form of czarina

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?l?t??.n?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?l?tæ.n?/, /?s?l?t?.n?/
• Rhymes: -??n?

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• sultana bird

Translations

See also

• odalisque

References

Anagrams

• alaunts, anlauts

Italian

Noun

sultana f (plural sultane, masculine sultano)

1. sultan (female relative of sultan)

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sul?ta?na/

Noun

sultana f

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

   Synonym: re?ina

Usage notes

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

Portuguese

Noun

sultana f (plural sultanas)

1. sultana (wife of a sultan)

Spanish

Noun

sultana f (plural sultanas)

1. sultana

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sultana/
• Hyphenation: sul?ta?na

Etymology

From Malay sultana, ultimately from Arabic ?????????? (sul??na).

Noun

sultana (masculine sultan)

1. female equivalent of sultan; a queen; a female monarch or ruler of islamic sultanates
2. (historical) The female ruler of the Islamicized sultanate polities of the Philippines. A notable example is the Sultanate of Sulu.

   Synonyms: reyna, dayang, sultan, hari, raha, raja, ladya, lakan, datu

See also

• reyna
• dayang
• sultan
• Gat
• poon
• Panginoon