From Pashto [script needed] (xaan), from Turkic.
xaán m (Perso-Arabic spelling خان)
- khan (leader, ruler, commander)
aan-decl (Obl): -á, (Pl): -aán
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN