خان

See also: جان

Arabic

خَان

خَان

Etymology 1

Template:slim-wp From Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”).

خِيَانَة

Noun

خَان • (ḵān) m (plural خَانَات (ḵānāt))

1. hostel, caravanserai, inn

Declension

Declension of noun خَان (ḵān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَان ḵān	الْخَان al-ḵān	خَان ḵān
Nominative	خَانٌ ḵānun	الْخَانُ al-ḵānu	خَانُ ḵānu
Accusative	خَانًا ḵānan	الْخَانَ al-ḵāna	خَانَ ḵāna
Genitive	خَانٍ ḵānin	الْخَانِ al-ḵāni	خَانِ ḵāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَانَيْن ḵānayn	الْخَانَيْن al-ḵānayn	خَانَيْ ḵānay
Nominative	خَانَانِ ḵānāni	الْخَانَانِ al-ḵānāni	خَانَا ḵānā
Accusative	خَانَيْنِ ḵānayni	الْخَانَيْنِ al-ḵānayni	خَانَيْ ḵānay
Genitive	خَانَيْنِ ḵānayni	الْخَانَيْنِ al-ḵānayni	خَانَيْ ḵānay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَانَات ḵānāt	الْخَانَات al-ḵānāt	خَانَات ḵānāt
Nominative	خَانَاتٌ ḵānātun	الْخَانَاتُ al-ḵānātu	خَانَاتُ ḵānātu
Accusative	خَانَاتٍ ḵānātin	الْخَانَاتِ al-ḵānāti	خَانَاتِ ḵānāti
Genitive	خَانَاتٍ ḵānātin	الْخَانَاتِ al-ḵānāti	خَانَاتِ ḵānāti

Synonyms

• مُسَافِرْخَانَة (musāfirḵāna) (Vulgar Arabic)

Derived terms

• خَانَة (ḵāna)

Etymology 2

From the root خ و ن (ḵ-w-n).

Verb

خَانَ • (ḵāna) I, non-past يَخُونُ‎ (yaḵūnu)

1. to be disloyal, to be faithless, to be false, to be treacherous, to be perfidious; to act disloyally, to act treacherously, to act perfidiously
2. to betray
   1. to cheat, to dupe, to hoodwink, to deceive, to impose upon, to fool, to deceive, to mislead
   2. to forsake, to desert, to let down
   3. to fail, to break (a promise, contract)

Conjugation

Conjugation of

خَانَ

(form-I hollow, verbal nouns خَوْن or خِيَانَة)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						خَوْن or خِيَانَة ḵawn or ḵiyāna
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						خَائِن ḵāʔin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَخُون maḵūn
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	خُنْتُ ḵuntu	خُنْتَ ḵunta	خَانَ ḵāna		خُنْتُمَا ḵuntumā	خَانَا ḵānā		خُنَّا ḵunnā	خُنْتُمْ ḵuntum	خَانُوا ḵānū
	f		خُنْتِ ḵunti	خَانَتْ ḵānat			خَانَتَا ḵānatā			خُنْتُنَّ ḵuntunna	خُنَّ ḵunna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَخُونُ ʔaḵūnu	تَخُونُ taḵūnu	يَخُونُ yaḵūnu		تَخُونَانِ taḵūnāni	يَخُونَانِ yaḵūnāni		نَخُونُ naḵūnu	تَخُونُونَ taḵūnūna	يَخُونُونَ yaḵūnūna
	f		تَخُونِينَ taḵūnīna	تَخُونُ taḵūnu			تَخُونَانِ taḵūnāni			تَخُنَّ taḵunna	يَخُنَّ yaḵunna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَخُونَ ʔaḵūna	تَخُونَ taḵūna	يَخُونَ yaḵūna		تَخُونَا taḵūnā	يَخُونَا yaḵūnā		نَخُونَ naḵūna	تَخُونُوا taḵūnū	يَخُونُوا yaḵūnū
	f		تَخُونِي taḵūnī	تَخُونَ taḵūna			تَخُونَا taḵūnā			تَخُنَّ taḵunna	يَخُنَّ yaḵunna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَخُنْ ʔaḵun	تَخُنْ taḵun	يَخُنْ yaḵun		تَخُونَا taḵūnā	يَخُونَا yaḵūnā		نَخُنْ naḵun	تَخُونُوا taḵūnū	يَخُونُوا yaḵūnū
	f		تَخُونِي taḵūnī	تَخُنْ taḵun			تَخُونَا taḵūnā			تَخُنَّ taḵunna	يَخُنَّ yaḵunna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		خُنْ ḵun			خُونَا ḵūnā				خُونُوا ḵūnū
	f		خُونِي ḵūnī							خُنَّ ḵunna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	خِنْتُ ḵintu	خِنْتَ ḵinta	خِينَ ḵīna		خِنْتُمَا ḵintumā	خِينَا ḵīnā		خِنَّا ḵinnā	خِنْتُمْ ḵintum	خِينُوا ḵīnū
	f		خِنْتِ ḵinti	خِينَتْ ḵīnat			خِينَتَا ḵīnatā			خِنْتُنَّ ḵintunna	خِنَّ ḵinna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُخَانُ ʔuḵānu	تُخَانُ tuḵānu	يُخَانُ yuḵānu		تُخَانَانِ tuḵānāni	يُخَانَانِ yuḵānāni		نُخَانُ nuḵānu	تُخَانُونَ tuḵānūna	يُخَانُونَ yuḵānūna
	f		تُخَانِينَ tuḵānīna	تُخَانُ tuḵānu			تُخَانَانِ tuḵānāni			تُخَنَّ tuḵanna	يُخَنَّ yuḵanna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُخَانَ ʔuḵāna	تُخَانَ tuḵāna	يُخَانَ yuḵāna		تُخَانَا tuḵānā	يُخَانَا yuḵānā		نُخَانَ nuḵāna	تُخَانُوا tuḵānū	يُخَانُوا yuḵānū
	f		تُخَانِي tuḵānī	تُخَانَ tuḵāna			تُخَانَا tuḵānā			تُخَنَّ tuḵanna	يُخَنَّ yuḵanna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُخَنْ ʔuḵan	تُخَنْ tuḵan	يُخَنْ yuḵan		تُخَانَا tuḵānā	يُخَانَا yuḵānā		نُخَنْ nuḵan	تُخَانُوا tuḵānū	يُخَانُوا yuḵānū
	f		تُخَانِي tuḵānī	تُخَنْ tuḵan			تُخَانَا tuḵānā			تُخَنَّ tuḵanna	يُخَنَّ yuḵanna

Related terms

• خَائِن (ḵāʔin)
• خَوَّان (ḵawwān)
• خَوَّنَ (ḵawwana)
• خَؤُون (ḵaʔūn)
• خِيَانَة (ḵiyāna)

Etymology 3

From earlier قَان (qān), derived from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰣 (qan) a contraction of 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan); doublet of خاقان (ḵāqān) an earlier form, from Middle Persian hʾkʾn' (xāgān), from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan); ultimately of unknown origin, suggested as a borrowing.

Noun

خَان • (ḵān) m (plural خَوَانِين (ḵawānīn))

1. khan, a ruler in Northern Asia

Declension

Declension of noun خَان (ḵān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَان ḵān	الْخَان al-ḵān	خَان ḵān
Nominative	خَانٌ ḵānun	الْخَانُ al-ḵānu	خَانُ ḵānu
Accusative	خَانًا ḵānan	الْخَانَ al-ḵāna	خَانَ ḵāna
Genitive	خَانٍ ḵānin	الْخَانِ al-ḵāni	خَانِ ḵāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَانَيْن ḵānayn	الْخَانَيْن al-ḵānayn	خَانَيْ ḵānay
Nominative	خَانَانِ ḵānāni	الْخَانَانِ al-ḵānāni	خَانَا ḵānā
Accusative	خَانَيْنِ ḵānayni	الْخَانَيْنِ al-ḵānayni	خَانَيْ ḵānay
Genitive	خَانَيْنِ ḵānayni	الْخَانَيْنِ al-ḵānayni	خَانَيْ ḵānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوَانِين ḵawānīn	الْخَوَانِين al-ḵawānīn	خَوَانِين ḵawānīn
Nominative	خَوَانِينُ ḵawānīnu	الْخَوَانِينُ al-ḵawānīnu	خَوَانِينُ ḵawānīnu
Accusative	خَوَانِينَ ḵawānīna	الْخَوَانِينَ al-ḵawānīna	خَوَانِينَ ḵawānīna
Genitive	خَوَانِينَ ḵawānīna	الْخَوَانِينِ al-ḵawānīni	خَوَانِينِ ḵawānīni

Declension of noun خَان (ḵān)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	خَان ḵān	—
Nominative	—	خَانُ ḵānu	—
Accusative	—	خَانَ ḵāna	—
Genitive	—	خَانَ ḵāna	—

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Ottoman Turkish

خان

خان

Etymology 1

From Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”).

Noun

خان • (han) (plural خانلار (hanlar))

1. inn, caravanserai

Descendants

• Turkish: han
• → Albanian: han
• → Aromanian: hane, háne
• → Bulgarian: хан (han)
• → Greek: χάνι (cháni)
• → Hungarian: hán
• → Romanian: han
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ха̑н

  Latin script: hȃn

Etymology 2

Compare Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan), considered to be of non-Turkic Central Asian origin.

Noun

خان • (han)

1. khan

Descendants

• Turkish: han

References

• Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007) chapter 817., in Зузана Тополињска, Петар Атанасов, editors, Турските елементи во ароманскиот [Turskite elementi vo aromanskiot]‎^[1], put into Macedonian from the author’s Serbo-Croatian Turski elementi u aromunskom dijalektu (1939, unpublished) by Веселинка Лаброска, Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите [Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite], →ISBN, page 134
• Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “خان”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 402

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian hʾn' (xān, “house”).

Noun

خان • (xân) (plural خان‌ها (xân-hâ))

1. caravanserai

Descendants

• → Arabic: خَان (ḵān)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خان (han)
  • Turkish: han
  • → Albanian: han
  • → Aromanian: hane, háne
  • → Bulgarian: хан (han)
  • → Greek: χάνι (cháni)
  • → Hungarian: hán
  • → Romanian: han
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ха̑н

    Latin script: hȃn

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 93

Etymology 2

From Old Turkic, probably of non-Turkic Central Asian origin.

Noun

خان • (xân) (plural خان‌ها (xân-hâ) or خانات (xânât) or خوانین (xavânin))

1. khan

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  → Hindi: ख़ान (xān)

  → Urdu: خان (xān)

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Punjabi

Proper noun

1. Khan.

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خان (xān)

Noun

خان • (xān) m (Hindi spelling ख़ान) (plural خوانین (xavānīn))

1. khan

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Uyghur

Noun

خان • (xan) (plural خانلار (xanlar))

1. khan