different between khaf vs khan

English

Noun

khaf (plural khafs)

1. The eleventh letter of the Hebrew and Aramaic alphabets, kaph, especially when pronounced as a fricative (rather than as a plosive).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??n/
• Rhymes: -??n
• (General Australian, General New Zealand, Received Pronunciation) Homophone: carn
• (US) Homophone: con
• Rhymes: -??n
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

Via late Middle English can, chan from Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic *qan, contraction of *qa?an. Cognate with Old Turkic ????????????? (qa?an), and Mongolian ????? (qa?an), ???? (khaan).

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

Noun

khan (plural khans)

1. (historical) A ruler over various Turkish, Tatar 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.

Synonyms

• khakan

Derived terms

• khanate

Translations

Etymology 2

From Persian ???? (xân, “caravanserai”).

Noun

khan (plural khans)

1. 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 kh?n 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.

See also

• caravanserai

References

Anagrams

• Hank, Kahn, Nakh, ankh, hank

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

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

Catalan

Noun

khan m (plural khans)

1. khan

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *gal, perhaps related to Proto-Tungusic *g?l-.

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /q?a?/, [q???(?)]

Noun

khan

1. fire

French

Etymology

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic x?n (x?n, “Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.

Noun

khan m (plural khans)

1. khan

References

Italian

Alternative forms

• can (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic x?n (x?n, “Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kan/

Noun

khan m (invariable)

1. khan

Derived terms

• khanato

References

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

• “khan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

khan m (plural khans)

1. Alternative spelling of cã

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [xa?n??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [k?a????] ~ [xa????]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [k?a????] ~ [xa????]

Adjective

khan

1. dried up; dry
2. rare; scarce

Derived terms

Adjective

khan

1. hoarse; husky