khan

See also: Khan, khán, khàn, and khăn

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Via late Middle English from Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic *qan contraction of *qaɣan.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣‎ (qaɣan), Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan, “lord, prince”), a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

khan (plural khans)

  1. After Genghis Khan, a ruler over various Turkish, Tatar 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.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Persian خان‎ (xân, “caravanserai”).

Noun

khan (plural khans)

  1. A caravanserai; a resting-place for a travelling caravan.
    • 1923, Powys Mathers, translating 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

khan m (plural khans)

  1. khan

Dongxiang

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qʰaŋ/, [qʰɑ̃(ŋ)]

Noun

khan

  1. fire

Portuguese

Noun

khan m (plural khans)

  1. Alternative spelling of cã
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