different between khan vs khagan

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

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)