ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ

Classical Mongolian

Alternative forms

• ᠬᠠᠭ᠍ᠠᠨ (qaɣan)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic descriptions from Yuzhi Manzhu Menggu Hanzi Sanhe Qieyin Qingwen Jian:
  • Mandarin qieyin: 哈阿 噶阿安 (hagan)
  • Mandarin transcription: 哈甘 (/⁠hagan⁠/)
  • Manchu transcription: ᡥᠠᡤᠠᠨ (hagan)
• IPA^(key): /χä.ɢän/

Noun

ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan)

1. khan; emperor or king; sovereign

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• ᠪᠣᠭᠳᠠ
  ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (boɣda qaɣan)
• ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ
  ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠰᠡᠨ (qaɣan-u bičiɣsen)
• ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ
  ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (čaɣan qaɣan)

Related terms

• ᠬᠠᠨ (qan)

Descendants

• Khamnigan Mongol: хаан (xaan, “khan; state; people”)
• Mongolian:

  Mongolian script: ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan)

  Cyrillic script: хаан (xaan)

See also

• ᠸᠠᠩ (wang)

Middle Mongol

Mongolian	ʼPhags-pa	Hanzi
ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ	ꡢꡖꡋ	合罕

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Turkic. See Mongolian хаан (xaan).

Noun

ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan)

1. royal or imperial khan; king; monarch ; sovereign ; emperor

Adjective

ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan)

1. (attributive) khan; imperial

Derived terms

• ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ (qaɣan-u) (genitive)

Descendants

• Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan), хаан (xaan)
• → Manchu: ᡥᠠᠨ (han)

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan)	хаан (xaan)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan), ᠬᠠᠭ᠍ᠠᠨ (qaɣan), from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭ᠍ᠠᠨ (qaɣan), ᠬ᠋ᠠᠭᠠᠨ᠋ (qaɣan). Doublet of ᠬᠠᠨ (qan).

Pronunciation

• (Qahar) IPA^(key): /χäːn/
• (Khalkha) IPA^(key): [χäːɴ̟]
• Hyphenation: хаан

Noun

ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ • (qaɣan) (definite plural ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠳ)

1. (historical) khan, emperor

   ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ
   ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ― činggis qaɣan ― Genghis Khan

   1. (attributively) of a khan, khan’s; imperial

      ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ
      ᠰᠠᠭᠤᠷᠢᠨ ― qaɣan saɣurin ― an imperial throne

      ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ
      ᠲᠥᠷᠦ ― qaɣan törü ― an imperial dynasty

2. (Mongolia) king

   ᠶᠡᠬᠡ
   ᠪᠷᠢᠲ᠋ᠠᠨᠢ
   ᠶ᠋ᠢᠨ
   ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ― yeke britani yin qaɣan ― King of the United Kingdom

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

suffixations

• ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ
  ᠡᠵᠡᠨ (qaɣan eǰen)
• ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨᠲᠠᠨ (qaɣantan)
• ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨᠲᠤ (qaɣantu)
• ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨᠲᠤ
  ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (qaɣantu ulus)
• ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨᠴᠢᠯᠠᠬᠤ (qaɣančilaqu)
• ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ (qaɣančilal)

Related terms

• ᠬᠠᠨ (qan)