khan
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /kɑːn/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: carn (non-rhotic)
- Homophone: con (father-bother merger)
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Etymology 1 edit
Via late Middle English can, chan from Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic *qan, contraction of *qaɣan.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan), and Mongolian хаан (xaan).
- Sense 1 (ruler in the Middle Ages) after Genghis Khan, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan).
Noun edit
khan (plural khans)
- (historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.
- An Ottoman sultan.
- A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.
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Etymology 2 edit
From Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”).
Noun edit
khan (plural khans)
- A caravanserai; a resting-place for a travelling caravan.
- 1923, Powys Mathers, transl., 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 edit
References edit
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
Anagrams edit
Atong (India) edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun edit
khan
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Classifier edit
khan
- (classifier for objects like log-boats)
References edit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.[1]
Noun edit
khan m (plural khans)
References edit
- ^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Dongxiang edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mongolic *gal, perhaps related to Proto-Tungusic *gụl-.
Compare Mongolian гал (gal), Evenki гулдай (guldaj, “to light, kindle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
khan
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
khan m (plural khans)
- (historical) A khan (Turkic, Tatar or Mongolic ruler).
- A khan (nobleman in various Central Asian countries).
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.[1]
Noun edit
khan m (uncountable)
References edit
- ^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading edit
- “khan” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “khan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
- can (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
khan m (invariable)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Turkic.
Noun edit
khan m (definite singular khanen, indefinite plural khanar, definite plural khanane)
References edit
- “khan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
khan m (plural khans)
- Alternative spelling of cã
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaːn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaːŋ˧˧] ~ [xaːŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰaːŋ˧˧] ~ [xaːŋ˧˧]
Adjective edit
khan
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Adjective edit
khan