kağan

Meaning

A title of imperial rank in Turkic and Mongolic languages, ruler of a khaganate; khagan.

Concepts

khan

cham

lord

khagan

Synonyms

hakan

bey

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efendi

han

kan

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Hyphenated as

ka‧ğan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaːˈan/

Etymology

Cognate with Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ

Cognate with Kazakh: қаған

Cognate with Kyrgyz: каган

Cognate with Southern Altai: каан

Cognate with Tatar: каган

Cognate with Uyghur: قاغان

Cognate with Uzbek: xoqon

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish خاقان (ḫāḳān) (alternatively قاغان (ḳaġān)), from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹), from Proto-Turkic *qaɣan or *xaɣan, ultimate origin is uncertain. Cognates with Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan), Kazakh қаған (qağan), Kyrgyz каган (kagan), Southern Altai каан (kaan), Tatar каган (qağan), Uyghur قاغان (qaghan), Uzbek xoqon.