The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

šwlṭn, šwlṭnˀ (šulṭān, šulṭānā) n.m. power, rule

BA שָלטָן‏

1 power, rule Com. (a) authority JLAtg, Syr. (a.1) civil authority Syr. (b) office, function Syr. (c) administrative region PTA, Syr. (c.1) byt šwlṭnˀ : idem. : see s.v. PTA, Syr. (c.2) diocese Syr. (d) right, ability, permission Syr, JBAmb. (d.1) (philos.) free will Syr. (d.2) privilege Syr.

2 ruler Qumran, JLAtg, CPA, Sam, Syr. (a) people with authority, the authorities PTA, JBAmb, JBAg.

3 victory Syr.

4 fourth order of angels Syr.

The separate forms šulṭān, šālṭān and šilṭōn are quite confused in the sources.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1528[781]; DJPA: 540b; DJBA: 1119b; Jastrow: 1534; Drower/Macuch: 454b; Payne-Smith: 4179; J. Payne-Smith: 565; Tal Sam: 899a; Audo: 2:573; DCPA[Schulthess]: [207];

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Derivatives:

byt šwlṭnˀ (bēṯ šulṭānā) n.m. dominion, area of rule

*šwlṭnh, šwlṭnytˀ (*šulṭānā, šulṭānīṯā) n.f. ruler(f.), sultana

šwlṭnw, šwlṭnwtˀ (šulṭānū, šulṭānūṯā) n.f. power