† ˈsultanin Obs.
Also 7 sultanine, -een, -on(e.
[ad. It. sultanino, or F. sultanin (cf. Pg. sultanim), ad. Arab. sulṭānī sultany.]
A former Turkish gold coin valued at about 8s.
| 1612 Brerewood Lang. & Relig. xxv. (1614) 175 The Maronites..pay the Turke large tribute: Namely, for euery one aboue 12 yeares old 17 Sultanines by the yeare. 1617 Moryson Itin. i. 276 In Turkey the gold zechines of Venice are..preferred euen before their owne Sultanones of gold. 1690 Dryden Don Sebastian i. i, He paid me down for her upon the nail a thousand golden Sultanins. 1694 Lond. Gaz. No. 3002/2, 1100 Sultaneens in Gold. 1749 Smollett Gil Blas v. i. (1782) II. 182 A present of jewels worth two thousand sultanins of gold. |