ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ

Mongolian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Turkic language.[1] Compare Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆𐰢𐰣 𐰴𐰍𐰣‎ (Bumïn qaγan), founder of the Turkic Khaganate who reigned between 551-552. The title itself is a borrowing in Turkic, an earlier recognizable form was used by Juan-juan round about A.D. 400. According to Pulleyblank, Xiongnu royal title hu-yü mentioned in 1st century B.C. is an earlier Chinese transcription of the same word.[1]

Adjective

ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ • (qaɣan)

  1. royal

Noun

ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ • (qaɣan)

  1. king, emperor, khan, sovereign, monarch
    ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ
    ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ
    čingɣis qaɣan
    Genghis Khan

References

  1. 1 2 Clauson, Gerard (1972), “xağan:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 611
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