خاتون

See also: حاتون

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Persian خاتون (xâtun, “lady, noblewoman”).

Noun

خَاتُون • (ḵātūn) f (plural خَوَاتِين (ḵawātīn))

1. khatun, noblewoman

Declension

Declension of noun خَاتُون (ḵātūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَاتُون ḵātūn	الْخَاتُون al-ḵātūn	خَاتُون ḵātūn
Nominative	خَاتُونٌ ḵātūnun	الْخَاتُونُ al-ḵātūnu	خَاتُونُ ḵātūnu
Accusative	خَاتُونًا ḵātūnan	الْخَاتُونَ al-ḵātūna	خَاتُونَ ḵātūna
Genitive	خَاتُونٍ ḵātūnin	الْخَاتُونِ al-ḵātūni	خَاتُونِ ḵātūni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَاتُونَيْن ḵātūnayn	الْخَاتُونَيْن al-ḵātūnayn	خَاتُونَيْ ḵātūnay
Nominative	خَاتُونَانِ ḵātūnāni	الْخَاتُونَانِ al-ḵātūnāni	خَاتُونَا ḵātūnā
Accusative	خَاتُونَيْنِ ḵātūnayni	الْخَاتُونَيْنِ al-ḵātūnayni	خَاتُونَيْ ḵātūnay
Genitive	خَاتُونَيْنِ ḵātūnayni	الْخَاتُونَيْنِ al-ḵātūnayni	خَاتُونَيْ ḵātūnay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوَاتِين ḵawātīn	الْخَوَاتِين al-ḵawātīn	خَوَاتِين ḵawātīn
Nominative	خَوَاتِينُ ḵawātīnu	الْخَوَاتِينُ al-ḵawātīnu	خَوَاتِينُ ḵawātīnu
Accusative	خَوَاتِينَ ḵawātīna	الْخَوَاتِينَ al-ḵawātīna	خَوَاتِينَ ḵawātīna
Genitive	خَوَاتِينَ ḵawātīna	الْخَوَاتِينِ al-ḵawātīni	خَوَاتِينِ ḵawātīni

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Hazaragi

Etymology

From Persian خاتون (xātūn).

Noun

خاتون • (xātūn)

1. woman, lady

References

• G. K. Dulling, The Hazaragi dialect of Afghan Persian (1973)

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Persian

Etymology

Most likely directly from Sogdian 𐼶𐼴𐽂𐼰𐼷𐼻𐼳‎ (γwtʾynh /⁠xwatēn, xutēn⁠/, “queen”), or perhaps entered Persian via Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫑𐫀𐫎𐫇𐫗 (xʾṯwn /⁠xātūn⁠/, “lady, a Turkic female title”). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *hwatā́wniH, a feminine form of Proto-Iranian *hwatā́wā. Doublet of خدا (xodâ, “God, lord”) which was inherited, and خدیو (xadiv, “majesty, lord”) which was borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Bactrian χοαδηο (xoadēo, “lord”).

Compare Old Turkic 𐰴𐱃𐰆𐰣 (qatun, “queen”), Common Turkic *xātun, Turkish kadın (“woman”) Turkish hatun (“lady, wife”), Karakhanid قاتُونْ (qātūn, “noble woman”), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

خاتون • (xâtun)

1. lady, matron
2. noblewoman

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xatun
• → Arabic: خاتون (ḵātūn)
• → Urdu: خاتون (xātūn)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خاتون (hātun)
  • Turkish: hatun
• → Middle Armenian: խաթուն (xatʻun)
  • Armenian: խաթուն (xatʻun)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خاتون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خاتون (xātūn).

Noun

خاتون • (xātūn) f (Hindi spelling ख़ातून) (plural خواتین (xavātīn))

1. lady
2. first lady

References

• Bashir Ahmad Qureshi, Standard Twentieth Century Dictionary, Urdu into English (Delhi, 1988), p. 280