khan

See also: Khan, khán, khàn, and khăn

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kɑːn/
Audio (US)
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Rhymes: -ɑːn
(General Australian, General New Zealand, Received Pronunciation) Homophone: carn
(US) Homophone: con
Rhymes: -ɑːn
Rhymes: -ɒn

Etymology 1[edit]

Via late Middle English can, chan from Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic *qan, contraction of *qaɣan.^[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣‎ (qaɣan), and Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan), хаан (khaan).

Sense 1 (ruler in the Middle Ages) after Genghis Khan.

Noun[edit]

khan (plural khans)

(historical) A ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.
An Ottoman sultan.
A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.

Synonyms[edit]

khakan

Derived terms[edit]

khanate

Translations[edit]

a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages

Arabic: خَان‎ m (ḵān)
Armenian: խան (hy) (xan)
Azerbaijani: xan, xaqan
Bashkir: хан (xan)
Belarusian: хан m (xan)
Bengali: খান (khan)
Bulgarian: кан m (kan), хан (bg) m (han)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 可汗 (zh) (kèhán), 汗 (zh) (hán) (as a suffix only)
Chuvash: хан (han)
Crimean Tatar: han
Czech: chán m
Danish: khan c
Dutch: kan (nl) m
Esperanto: ĥano
Estonian: khaan
Finnish: kaani (fi)
French: khan (fr) m
Galician: khan (gl) m, can (gl) m
Georgian: ხანი (xani), ყაენი (q̇aeni)
German: Chan (de) m, Khan (de) m
Greek: χάνος (el) m (chános)
Ancient: χαγᾶνος m (khagânos)
Hebrew: חַאן‎ m (khan)
Hindi: खान (hi) m (khān), खन (hi) m (khan), ख़ान m (xān), ख़ागान m (xāgān), ख़ाक़ान m (xāqān)
Hungarian: kán (hu)
Ido: khan (io)
Italian: khan m
Japanese: カーン (kān), 汗 (ja) (かん, kan), ハーン (hān), カガン (kagan)
Kalmyk: хаан (xaan)
Kazakh: хан (xan), қаған (qağan)
Khmer: ខាន់ (km) (khan)
Korean: 칸 (ko) (kan), 가한 (gahan), 카간 (kagan)
Kyrgyz: хан (ky) (han), каган (kagan)
Latvian: hans m
Lithuanian: chanas m

Macedonian: кан m (kan), хан m (han)
Manchu: ᡥᠠᠨ (han)
Marathi: खान m (khāna)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хаан (mn) (khaan), хан (mn) (khan), хаган (khagan)

Uyghurjin: ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: khan m
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Persian: خان‎ (fa) (xân), خاقان‎ (fa) (xâqân)
Polish: chan (pl) m, kagan (pl) m
Portuguese: cã (pt) m, cão (pt) m
Romanian: han (ro) m
Russian: хан (ru) m (xan), кага́н (ru) m (kagán)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̑н m

Roman: kȃn (sh) m
Shor: қаан
Slovak: chán m
Slovene: kan (sl) m
Spanish: kan (es) m
Swedish: khan (sv)
Tajik: хон (tg) (xon)
Tamil: கான் (ta) (kāṉ)
Tatar: хан (tt) (xan), каган (tt) (qağan)
Tofa: һаан (haan)
Turkish: han (tr), kağan (tr), hakan (tr)
Ukrainian: хан (uk) m (xan), кага́н m (kahán)
Urdu: خان‎ m (xān), خاقان‎ m (xāqān)
Uyghur: خان‎ (xan)
Uzbek: xon (uz), xoqon (uz)
Vietnamese: hãn, khả hãn

an Ottoman sultan

Ido: khan (io)

a noble man in various Muslim countries

Ido: khan (io)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Persian ‎ (xân, “caravanserai”).

Noun[edit]

khan (plural khans)

A caravanserai; a resting-place for a travelling caravan.
- 1923, Powys Mathers, translating The Thousand Nights and One Night:
  ‘Guess the name of that,’ she said, pointing to her delicate parts. The porter tried this name and that and ended by asking her to tell him and cease her slapping. ‘The khān of Abu-Mansur,’ she replied.
- 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, page 27:
  At each of these stations there is a hostelry which they call a khan, where travellers alight with their beasts, and outside each khan is a public watering-place and a shop at which the traveller may buy what he requires for himself and his beast.

References[edit]

^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.

Anagrams[edit]

Hank, Kahn, Nakh, ankh, hank

Atong (India)[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun[edit]

khan

cassava, tapioca

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Classifier[edit]

khan

(classifier for objects like log-boats)

References[edit]

van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Catalan[edit]

Noun[edit]

khan m (plural khans)

khan

Dongxiang[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mongolic *gal, perhaps related to Proto-Tungusic *gụl-.

Compare Mongolian гал (gal), Evenki гулдай (guldaj, “to light, kindle”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /qʰaŋ/, [qʰɑ̃(ŋ)]

Noun[edit]

khan

fire

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kaːn/
Hyphenation: khan
Rhymes: -aːn

Noun[edit]

khan m (plural khans)

(historical) A khan (Turkic, Tatar or Mongolic ruler).
A khan (nobleman in various Central Asian countries).

Derived terms[edit]

khanaat

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (xān, “Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.^[1]

Noun[edit]

khan m (plural khans)

khan^[2]

References[edit]

^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
^ [1].

Italian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

can (obsolete)

Etymology[edit]

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (xān, “Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈkan/

Noun[edit]

khan m (invariable)

khan

Derived terms[edit]

khanato

References[edit]

^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

(non-standard since 2005) kan

Etymology[edit]

From Turkic.

Noun[edit]

khan m (definite singular khanen, indefinite plural khanar, definite plural khanane)

khan

References[edit]

“khan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

khan m (plural khans)

Alternative spelling of cã

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xaːn˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰaːŋ˧˧] ~ [xaːŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰaːŋ˧˧] ~ [xaːŋ˧˧]

Adjective[edit]

khan

dried up; dry
rare; scarce

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

khan

hoarse; husky

[1] The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.

[2] “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

[3] [1].

[4] “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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