khan

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

khan

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Caravansérail

Synonymes

caravansary

caravanserai

sovereign

caravan inn

liege lord

lord

overlord

ruler

Khan

suzerain

dynast

inn

Traductions

kan

cã

خان

khan

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χαν

kağan

chanis

kan

khan

kervansaray

Khan

emir

χάνι

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɑːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: chan

Appartenant à Old Turkish: 𐰴𐰍𐰣

Appartenant à mongol: хаан

In summary

Via late Middle English can, chan from Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic *qan, contraction of *qaɣan. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan), and Mongolian хаан (xaan), possibly from Rouran. Sense 1 (ruler in the Middle Ages) after Genghis Khan, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan). Doublet of khagan.