sultan menangThe term sultana, which has been used to describe the wife of a sultan, is a great misunderstanding of what sultan means, and primarily a Western corruption. From a feministSultana or sultanah ( s ʌ l ˈ t ɑː n ə ; Arabic: سلطانة sulṭāna) is a female royal title, and the feminine form of the word is term has been officially used for female monarchs in some Islamic