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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). Sense 1 (ruler in the Middle Ages) after Genghis Khan, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan).
Noun
khan (plural khans)
- (historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.
- An Ottoman sultan.
- A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Translations
a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages
- Arabic: خَان m (ḵān)
- Armenian: խան (hy) (xan)
- Azerbaijani: xan, xaqan
- Bashkir: хан (xan)
- Belarusian: хан m (xan)
- Bengali: খান (bn) (khan)
- Bulgarian: кан m (kan), хан (bg) m (han)
- Catalan: kan (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 可汗 (zh) (kèhán), 汗 (zh) (hán) (as a suffix only)
- Chuvash: хан (han)
- Crimean Tatar: han
- Czech: chán m
- Danish: khan c
- Dutch: khan (nl) m, kan (nl) m
- Esperanto: ĥano
- Estonian: khaan
- Finnish: kaani (fi)
- French: khan (fr) m
- Galician: khan (gl) m, can (gl) m
- Georgian: ხანი (xani), ყაენი (q̇aeni)
- German: Chan (de) m, Khan (de) m
- Greek: χάνος (el) m (chános)
- Ancient: χαγᾶνος m (khagânos)
- Hebrew: חַאן m (khan)
- Hindi: खान (hi) m (khān), खन (hi) m (khan), ख़ान m (xān), ख़ागान m (xāgān), ख़ाक़ान m (xāqān)
- Hungarian: kán (hu)
- Ido: khan (io)
- Italian: khan m
- Japanese: カーン (kān), 汗 (ja) (かん, kan), ハーン (hān), カガン (kagan)
- Kalmyk: хаан (xaan)
- Kazakh: хан (xan), қаған (qağan)
- Khmer: ខាន់ (km) (khan)
- Korean: 칸 (ko) (kan), 가한 (gahan), 카간 (kagan)
- Kyrgyz: хан (ky) (han), каган (kagan), кан (ky) (kan)
- Latvian: hans m
- Lithuanian: chanas m
- Macedonian: кан m (kan), хан m (han)
- Manchu: ᡥᠠᠨ (han)
- Marathi: खान m (khāna)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: хаан (mn) (xaan), хан (mn) (xan)
- Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: khan m
- Odia: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: خان (fa) (xân), خاقان (fa) (xâqân)
- Polish: chan (pl) m, kagan (pl) m
- Portuguese: cã (pt) m, cão (pt) m
- Romanian: han (ro) m
- Russian: хан (ru) m (xan), кага́н (ru) m (kagán)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ка̑н m
- Roman: kȃn (sh) m
- Shor: қаан
- Slovak: chán m
- Slovene: kan (sl) m
- Spanish: kan (es) m
- Swedish: khan (sv)
- Tajik: хон (tg) (xon)
- Tamil: கான் (ta) (kāṉ)
- Tatar: хан (tt) (xan), каган (tt) (qağan)
- Tofa: һаан (haan)
- Turkish: han (tr), kağan (tr), hakan (tr)
- Ukrainian: хан (uk) m (xan), кага́н m (kahán)
- Urdu: خان m (xān), خاقان m (xāqān)
- Uyghur: خان (xan)
- Uzbek: xon (uz), xoqon (uz)
- Vietnamese: hãn, khả hãn (vi)
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a noble man in various Muslim countries
Etymology 2
From Arabic خَان (ḵān, “inn, caravanserai, hotel”) and Persian خان (xân, “inn, caravanserai”).
Noun
khan (plural khans)
- 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.
- Synonym of fonduk, an inn or hotel in Middle Eastern contexts.
Anagrams
References
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
Atong (India)
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun
khan
- cassava, tapioca
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Classifier
khan
- (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)
- khan
References
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
- 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)
- (historical) A khan (Turkic, Tatar or Mongolic ruler).
- A khan (nobleman in various Central Asian countries).
Derived terms
References
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)
- khan
References
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)
- khan
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Turkic.
Noun
khan m (definite singular khanen, indefinite plural khanar, definite plural khanane)
- khan
References
- “khan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Noun
khan m (plural khans)
- Alternative spelling of cã
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Adjective
khan
- dried up; dry
- rare; scarce
Derived terms
Adjective
khan
- hoarse; husky