Genghis Khan

See also: Gênghis Khan

English

Alternative forms

• Gengis Khan
• Chinggis Khan, Chinggis Khaan
• Chinghiz Khan, Chinghiz-Khan
• Chinghis Khan; Chingis Khan
• Cengiz Han (rare, in Turkish contexts)
• Genghis Kan
• Chingis Kan, Chingis-Kan, Chingis-kan (rare)
• Jenghis Khan
• Jengis Khan

Etymology

Calque of Mongolian ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ
ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (čiŋgis qaɣan). The first part is from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mongolian, thought to originally be from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese 正. See khan for more on that part.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʒɛŋɡɪs ˈkɑːn], [ˈɡɛŋɡɪs ˈkɑːn]

Proper noun

Genghis Khan (uncountable)

1. The founder and first ruler (khan) of the Mongol Empire.

Related terms

• Chinggisid

Translations

Genghis Khan

• Albanian: Xhingis Han m
• Arabic: جِنْكِيز خَان m (jinkīz ḵān)
• Armenian: Չինգիզ խան (Čʻingiz xan)
• Azerbaijani: Çingiz xan
• Bashkir: Сыңғыҙхан (Sıñğıźxan)
• Belarusian: Чынгісха́н m (Čynhisxán)
• Bengali: চেঙ্গিজ খান (ceṅgij khan)
• Bulgarian: Чингис ха́н m (Čingis hán)
• Burmese: ဂျင်ဂစ်ခန် (gyanggachkan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成吉思汗 (zh) (Chéngjísīhán)

• Czech: Čingischán m
• Danish: Djengis Khan
• Dutch: Dzjengis Khan m
• Esperanto: Ĝingis-Ĥano
• Estonian: Tšingis-khaan
• Finnish: Tšingis-kaani
• French: Gengis Khan m
• Georgian: ჩინგიზ-ყაენი (čingiz-q̇aeni)
• German: Dschingis Khan (de) m
• Greek: Τζένγκις Χαν m (Tzéngkis Chan)
• Hebrew: ג׳ינגיס ח׳אן m
• Hindi: चंगेज़ ख़ान m (caṅgez xān)
• Hungarian: Dzsingisz kán
• Italian: Gengis Khan m
• Japanese: チンギス・カン (Chingisu-Kan), ジンギス・カン (Jingisu-Kan)
• Kazakh: Шыңғыс хан (Şyñğys xan)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Khmer: សង់ស៊ីខាន់ (sɑngsii khan)
• Korean: 칭기즈 칸 (Chinggijeu kan)
• Kyrgyz: Чыңгыз Кан (Cıŋgız Kan)
• Macedonian: Џингис Хан m (Džingis Han)
• Mongolian: Чингис хаан (Čingis xaan)

  Uyghurjin: ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ
  ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (čiŋgis qaɣan)

• Persian: چنگیزخان (čangiz-xân)
• Polish: Czyngis-chan m
• Portuguese: Gengis Khan m
• Romanian: Ginghis Han m
• Russian: Чингисха́н (ru) m (Čingisxán), Чингиз-ха́н (ru) m (Čingiz-xán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Џингис Кан m

  Roman: Džingis Kan m

• Slovak: Čingischán m
• Slovene: Džingiskan m
• Spanish: Gengis Kan m
• Tajik: Чингизхон (Čingizxon)
• Tatar: Чыңгыз хан (Çıñgız xan)
• Thai: เจงกีสข่าน (jeeng-gìit-kàan)
• Turkish: Cengiz Han (tr)
• Turkmen: Çingiz han
• Ukrainian: Чингісха́н m (Čynhisxán)
• Urdu: چنگیز خان m (caṅgēz ḵẖān)
• Uzbek: Chingizxon
• Vietnamese: Thành Cát Tư Hãn

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Genghis Khan m

1. Alternative form of Gengis Khan