khan

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See also: Khan, khán, khàn, khăn, and -khan

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Via late Middle English can, chan from Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic *qan, contraction of *qaɣan. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan), and Mongolian хаан (xaan), possibly from Rouran. Sense 1 (ruler in the Middle Ages) after Genghis Khan, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan). Doublet of khagan.

Noun

khan (plural khans)

  1. (historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.
  2. An Ottoman sultan.
  3. A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.
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Etymology 2

From Arabic خَان (ḵān, “inn, caravanserai, hotel”) and Persian خان (xân, “inn, caravanserai”).

Noun

khan (plural khans)

  1. Synonym of caravanserai (particularly in Middle Eastern contexts)
    • 1923, Powys Mathers, transl., The Thousand Nights and One Night:
      ‘Guess the name of that,’ she said, pointing to her delicate parts. The porter tried this name and that and ended by asking her to tell him and cease her slapping. ‘The khān of Abu-Mansur,’ she replied.
    • 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, page 27:
      At each of these stations there is a hostelry which they call a khan, where travellers alight with their beasts, and outside each khan is a public watering-place and a shop at which the traveller may buy what he requires for himself and his beast.
  2. Synonym of fonduk (“inn or hotel in Middle Eastern contexts”).
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
  2. ^ Vovin, Alexander. 2010. Once Again on the Ruan-ruan Language. Ötüken’den İstanbul’a Türkçenin 1290 Yılı (720–2010) Sempozyumu From Ötüken to Istanbul, 1290 Years of Turkish (720–2010). 3–5 Aralık 2010, İstanbul / 3–5 December 2010, İstanbul: 1–10.

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Atong (India)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

khan

  1. cassava, tapioca

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Classifier

khan

  1. (classifier for objects like log-boats)

References

Catalan

Etymology

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.

Noun

khan m (plural khans)

  1. khan

References

  1. ^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Turkish kağan.

Noun

khan c (singular definite khanen, plural indefinite khaner)

  1. (historical) a khan (Turkic, Tatar or Mongolic ruler)
    Coordinate terms: emir, mogul

Declension

Declension of khan
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative khan khanen khaner khanerne
genitive khans khanens khaners khanernes

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *gal, perhaps related to Proto-Tungusic *gụl-.

Compare Mongolian гал (gal), Evenki гулдай (guldaj, “to light, kindle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

khan

  1. fire

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

khan m (plural khans)

  1. (historical) a khan (Turkic, Tatar or Mongolic ruler)
  2. a khan (nobleman in various Central Asian countries)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.

Noun

khan m (uncountable)

  1. khan

References

  1. ^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation: khàn

Noun

khan m (invariable)

  1. khan

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Turkic.

Noun

khan m (definite singular khanen, indefinite plural khanar, definite plural khanane)

  1. khan

References

Portuguese

Noun

khan m (plural khans)

  1. alternative spelling of cã

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 旱 (SV: hạn).

Pronunciation

Adjective

khan

  1. dried up; dry
  2. rare; scarce

Derived terms

Adjective

khan

  1. hoarse; husky
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