Georgian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /xani/, [χani]
  • Hyphenation: ხა‧ნი

Etymology 1 edit

Proper noun edit

ხანი (xani)

  1. 32nd letter of the modern Georgian alphabet
Inflection edit
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Georgian ხანი (xani).

Noun edit

ხანი (xani) (uncountable)

  1. A period of time; time
  2. age
  3. hole
Inflection edit
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Descendants edit
  • Armenian: խան (xan)Tbilisi
  • Bats: ხაჼ ()
  • Chechen: хан (xan)
  • Ingush: ха (xa)
  • Mingrelian: ხანი (xani)
  • Svan: ხა̈ნ (xän)
See also edit

Etymology 3 edit

From Turkic khān ‘lord, prince’.

Noun edit

ხანი (xani) (plural ხანები)

  1. khan
Inflection edit
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	background-color:#EBEBEB;
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