different between khagan vs khaganate

English

Alternative forms

• kagan
• kaghan
• khaqan

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Turkic ????????????? (qa?an).

Noun

khagan (plural khagans)

1. A khan of khans, a ruler of a khaganate; (the holder of) an imperial rank used among certain Turkic and Mongolian peoples, equal in status to an emperor.
   • 1988, Christina Pribi?evi?-Zori?, translating Milorad Pavi?, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage 1989, p. 69:

     As early as the year 740 A.D., one of the Khazar kaghans had turned to Constantinople for a missionary versed in Christian law.

   • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road (Sceptre 2008), page 52:

     "A kagan is the father, the mother and the lover of all his people. Nobody would lift a hand against him," said Hanukkah.

Derived terms

• khaganate

Translations

Anagrams

• kangha, khanga

Portuguese

Noun

khagan m (plural khagans)

1. khagan (title of imperial rank used by some Turkic and Mongolian peoples)

English

Alternative forms

• kaganate
• kaganat
• khakanate

Etymology

From khagan +? -ate.

Noun

khaganate (plural khaganates)

1. An empire comprising several khanates.

Related terms

• khagan
• khan
• khanate

Translations