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Turkish
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Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish خاقان (ḫāḳān) (alternatively قاغان (ḳaġān)), from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹), from Proto-Turkic *qaɣan or *xaɣan, ultimate origin is uncertain. Cognates with Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan), Kazakh қаған (qağan), Kyrgyz каган (kagan), Southern Altai каан (kaan), Tatar каган (qağan), Uyghur قاغان (qaghan), Uzbek xoqon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaːˈan/, /ˈkaːn/
- Hyphenation: ka‧ğan
Noun
kağan (definite accusative kağanı, plural kağanlar)
- A title of imperial rank in Turkic and Mongolic languages, ruler of a khaganate; khagan.
- Synonyms: hakan, han
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