خاتون

See also: حاتون‎

Hazaragi

Etymology

From Persian خاتون‎ (xātūn).

Noun

خاتون (xātūn)

  1. woman, lady

References

  • G. K. Dulling, The Hazaragi dialect of Afghan Persian (1973)

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Common Turkic *kātun (“queen, noble woman”). Compare Turkish kadın (“woman”), Old Turkic 𐰴𐱃𐰆𐰣‎ (qatun, “queen”), Karakhanid قاتُونْ‎ (qātūn, “noble woman”).

Noun

خاتون • (xātūn)

  1. lady, matron
  2. noblewoman

References

  • F. Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary, p. 437

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خاتون‎ (xātūn).

Noun

خاتون • (xātūn) f (Hindi spelling ख़ातून) (plural خواتين‎ (xavātīn))

  1. lady
  2. first lady

References

  • Bashir Ahmad Qureshi, Standard Twentieth Century Dictionary, Urdu into English (Delhi, 1988), p. 280
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