different between khagan vs khaman

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

Etymology

From Gujarati ??? (khama?).

Noun

khaman (uncountable)

1. (India) An Indian food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to dhokla, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked by steaming.

Anagrams

• Khanam