pakhanate
English
editEtymology
editBlending of Russian пахан (paxan, “don, mob boss, kingpin”) and khanate.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpakhanate (plural pakhanates)
- Another term for mafia state.
- 2014, Cathy Young, Putin's New Old Russia, Reason:
- In a similar vein, political scientist Andrei Piontkovsky argues that the Putin regime is a "pakhanate"—a coinage derived from pakhan, Russian underworld slang for a gang boss—intent on surrounding itself with a protective ring of copacetic "godfather states" to protect itself against change.
Translations
editmafia state — see mafia state