хан

See also: -хан and Appendix:Variations of "han"

Chechen

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Georgian ხანი (xani). Cognates include Bats ხაჼ (xã) and Ingush ха (xa). Nikolaev & Starostin trace it back to the Proto-Nakh form. First attested in 1864.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xan/

Noun

хан • (xan) class jj

1. time
2. age

Declension

Declension of хан

	singular	plural
nominative	хан (xan)	хе̄наш (xeenaš)
genitive	хе̄нан (xeenan)	хе̄нийн (xeeniı̇n)
dative	ханна (xanna)	хе̄нашна (xeenašna)
ergative	хе̄но̄ (xeenoo)	хе̄наша (xeenaša)
allative	хе̄не̄ (xeenee)	хе̄нашка (xeenaška)
instrumental	ханца (xanca)	хе̄нашца (xeenašca)
lative	хе̄нах (xeenax)	хе̄нех (xeenex)
comparative	хе̄нал (xeenal)	хе̄нел (xeenel)

References

• Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “хан”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 212b

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	حان
Cyrillic	хан
Latin	xan

Alternative forms

• қан (qan)

Etymology

Inherited from Kipchak [Term?], whence Armeno-Kipchak խան (xan). Doublet of қаған (qağan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [χɑ̝n]
• Hyphenation: хан

Noun

хан • (xan)

1. khan (ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages)

Declension

Declension of хан

	singular	plural
nominative	хан (xan)	хандар (xandar)
genitive	ханның (xannyñ)	хандардың (xandardyñ)
dative	ханға (xanğa)	хандарға (xandarğa)
accusative	ханды (xandy)	хандарды (xandardy)
locative	ханда (xanda)	хандарда (xandarda)
ablative	ханнан (xannan)	хандардан (xandardan)
instrumental	ханмен (xanmen)	хандармен (xandarmen)
similative	хандай (xandai)	хандарда (xandarda)

Derived terms

• хандық (xandyq)
• ханша (xanşa)
• ханшайым (xanşaiym)
• ханшыл (xanşyl)
• ханым (xanym)

Khakas

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”)

Cognates

Cogmate to Old Turkic [script needed] (qan); Yakut хаан (qaan), Tuvan хан (xan), Shor қан, Tofa ӄан, Western Yugur [script needed] (qan), Khalaj qân, Turkish kan, Azerbaijani qan, Turkmen gan, Southern Altai кан (kan), Kyrgyz кан (kan), Crimean Tatar qan, Kumyk къан (qan), Karachay-Balkar къан (qan), Tatar кан (qan), Bashkir ҡан (qan), Nogai кан (kan), Karakalpak qan, Kazakh қан (qan), Uyghur قان (qan) / Uyghur қан (qan), Uzbek qon, Chuvash юн (jun), etc.

Noun

хан • (xan)

1. blood

Mongolian

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠨ (qan). Compare Manchu ᡥᠠᠨ᠌ (han).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaŋ/, [χa̠ɴ]

Noun

хан • (xan) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠠᠨ (qan), definite plural хангууд or хад)

1. (archaic) archduke; princely khan

Declension

Declension of хан (а-harmonic regular ууд-pl)

attributive хан xan singular / indefinite definite plural nominative хан xan ханууд xanuud genitive ханы xany хануудын xanuudyn accusative ханыг xanyg хануудыг xanuudyg dative-locative ханд xand хануудад xanuudad ablative ханаас xanaas хануудаас xanuudaas instrumental ханаар xanaar хануудаар xanuudaar comitative хантай xantaj хануудтай xanuudtaj privative хангүй xangüj хануудгүй xanuudgüj directive хан руу xan ruu ханууд руу xanuud ruu Reflexive possessive forms  singular / indefinite definite plural nominative ханаа xanaa хануудаа xanuudaa genitive ханыхаа xanyxaa хануудынхаа xanuudynxaa accusative ханыгаа xanygaa хануудыгаа xanuudygaa dative-locative хандаа xandaa ханууддаа xanuuddaa ablative ханаасаа xanaasaa хануудаасаа xanuudaasaa instrumental ханаараа xanaaraa хануудаараа xanuudaaraa comitative хантайгаа xantajgaa хануудтайгаа xanuudtajgaa privative хангүйгээ xangüjgee хануудгүйгээ xanuudgüjgee directive хан руугаа xan ruugaa ханууд руугаа xanuud ruugaa independent genitive singular / indefinite definite plural singular possession ханых xanyx хануудынх xanuudynx collective possession ханыхан xanyxan хануудынхан xanuudynxan

Derived terms

• хан хүү (xan xüü)
• ханлиг (xanlig)
• хант (xant)

See also

• хаан (xaan)
• ван (van)
• бэйл (bejl)
• бэйс (bejs)
• гүн (gün)
• тайж (tajž)

Russian

Etymology

From a Mongolic source, compare Mongolian хаан (xaan), ultimately from the same Turkic source as кага́н (kagán).

A possible intermediary is Chagatai خان (xan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xan]

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Noun

хан • (xan) m anim (genitive ха́на, nominative plural ха́ны, genitive plural ха́нов)

1. khan

   Synonym: кага́н (kagán)

Declension

Declension of хан (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ха́н xán	ха́ны xány
genitive	ха́на xána	ха́нов xánov
dative	ха́ну xánu	ха́нам xánam
accusative	ха́на xána	ха́нов xánov
instrumental	ха́ном xánom	ха́нами xánami
prepositional	ха́не xáne	ха́нах xánax

Derived terms

• ха́нский (xánskij)
• ха́нство (xánstvo)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خانه (xâne, “house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xâːn/
• Rhymes: -âːn

Noun

ха̑н m inan (Latin spelling hȃn)

1. inn

Declension

Declension of хан

	singular	plural
nominative	ха̑н	ха́нови
genitive	хана	ханова
dative	хану	хановима
accusative	хан	ханове
vocative	хане	ханови
locative	хану	хановима
instrumental	ханом	хановима

Tundra Nenets

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samoyedic *kəncə.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hən(ə̥)]
• Hyphenation: хан

Noun

хӑн • (xăn°)

1. sleigh, sled (drawn by dogs or reindeer)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Samoyedic *kåntə, from Proto-Uralic *konta- (“to grab; to catch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʌn(ə̥)]
• Hyphenation: хан

Noun

хан • (xan°)

1. bloody sacrifice

References

• Pyrerka, A. P.; Tereščenko, N. M. (1948), “сани”, in Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 250
• N. M. Tereschenko (1965), “хан”, in Ненецко-русский словарь, Moscow: Советская Энциклопедия
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014), A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 20

Tuvan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”). Cognate with Turkish kan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χan/

Noun

хан • (xan) (definite accusative ханны, plural ханнар)

1. blood