خاقان

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Arabic

Pronunciation

Noun

خَاقَان (ḵāqānm (plural خَوَاقِين (ḵawāqīn))

  1. khagan

Declension

Derived terms

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (hʾkʾn' /⁠xāgān⁠/), from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan). Compare Turkish kağan, hakan.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xāqān
Dari reading? xāqān
Iranian reading? xâğân
Tajik reading? xoqon

Noun

Dari خاقان
Iranian Persian
Tajik хоқон

خاقان (xâqân)

  1. khagan
  2. (archaic) emperor of China

See also

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خاقان (xāqān).

Noun

خاقان (xāqānm (Hindi spelling ख़ाक़ान)

  1. khagan

Derived terms