kağan
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Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish خاقان (ḫāḳān)[1] (alternatively قاغان (ḳaġān)), from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹), from Proto-Turkic *qaɣan or *xaɣan, ultimate origin is uncertain. Cognates with Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan), Kazakh қаған (qağan), Kyrgyz каган (kagan), Southern Altai каан (kaan), Tatar каган (qağan), Uyghur قاغان (qaghan), Uzbek xoqon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kağan (definite accusative kağanı, plural kağanlar)
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References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خاقان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 823
Further reading edit
- “kağan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kağan¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2331