khan

See also: Khan, khán, khàn, khăn, and -khan

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑːn/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Homophone: carn (non-rhotic)
  • Homophone: con (father-bother merger)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn

Etymology 1

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 хаан (xaan), possibly from Rouran. [2]Sense 1 (ruler in the Middle Ages) after Genghis Khan, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan). Doublet of khagan.

Noun

khan (plural khans)

  1. (historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.
  2. An Ottoman sultan.
  3. A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.
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Etymology 2

    From Arabic خَان (ḵān, “inn, caravanserai, hotel”) and Persian خان (xân, “inn, caravanserai”).

    Noun

    khan (plural khans)

    1. Synonym of caravanserai (particularly in Middle Eastern contexts)
      • 1923, Powys Mathers, transl., 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.
    2. Synonym of fonduk (“inn or hotel in Middle Eastern contexts”).
    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
    2. ^ Vovin, Alexander. 2010. Once Again on the Ruan-ruan Language. Ötüken’den İstanbul’a Türkçenin 1290 Yılı (720–2010) Sempozyumu From Ötüken to Istanbul, 1290 Years of Turkish (720–2010). 3–5 Aralık 2010, İstanbul / 3–5 December 2010, İstanbul: 1–10.

    Anagrams

    Atong (India)

    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

    khan

    1. cassava, tapioca

    Etymology 2

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

    Classifier

    khan

    1. (classifier for objects like log-boats)

    References

    Catalan

    Etymology

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

    Noun

    khan m (plural khans)

    1. khan

    References

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

    Danish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Turkish kağan.

    Noun

    khan c (singular definite khanen, plural indefinite khaner)

    1. (historical) a khan (Turkic, Tatar or Mongolic ruler)
      Coordinate terms: emir, mogul

    Declension

    Declension of khan
    common
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative khan khanen khaner khanerne
    genitive khans khanens khaners khanernes

    Dongxiang

    Etymology

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

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /qʰɑŋ/

    Noun

    khan

    1. fire

    Dutch

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    khan m (plural khans, no diminutive)

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

    Derived terms

    References

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

    French

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

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

    Noun

    khan m (uncountable)

    1. khan

    References

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

    Further reading

    Italian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkan/
    • Rhymes: -an
    • Hyphenation: khàn

    Noun

    khan m (invariable)

    1. khan

    Derived terms

    References

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

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Alternative forms

    • (non-standard since 2005) kan

    Etymology

    From Turkic.

    Noun

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

    1. khan

    References

    Portuguese

    Noun

    khan m (plural khans)

    1. alternative spelling of cã

    Vietnamese

    Etymology

      Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 旱 (SV: hạn).

      Pronunciation

      • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaːn˧˧]
      • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaːŋ˧˧]
      • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰaːŋ˧˧]

      Adjective

      khan

      1. dried up; dry
      2. rare; scarce
      3. (chemistry) anhydrous
        Antonym: ngậm nước
        canxi sunfat khan ― anhydrous calcium sulfate

      Derived terms

      Adjective

      khan

      1. hoarse; husky
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