different between khan vs kran

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

Noun

kran (plural krans)

1. Alternative form of qiran

Anagrams

• ARNK, Karn, karn, knar, nark, rank

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From German Kran.

Noun

kran

1. crane (lifting device)

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German kran, from krane (“crane (bird)”).

Noun

kran c (singular definite kranen, plural indefinite kraner)

1. (machine) crane

Derived terms

References

• “kran” in Den Danske Ordbog

Kabuverdianu

Adjective

kran

1. dry
2. plain

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German kran

Noun

kran f or m (definite singular krana or kranen, indefinite plural kraner, definite plural kranene)

1. a crane (lifting device)
2. a tap, or faucet (US) (device to dispense liquid)

Derived terms

• kranfartøy
• stoppekran
• tårnkran
• utekran

References

• “kran” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German kran

Noun

kran f (definite singular krana, indefinite plural kraner, definite plural kranene)

1. a crane (lifting device)
2. a tap, or faucet (US) (device to dispense liquid)

Derived terms

• kranfartøy
• stoppekran
• utekran

References

• “kran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Russian ???? (kran), from Dutch kraan, from Middle Dutch cr?ne, from Old Dutch *crano, from Proto-West Germanic *kran?, from Proto-Germanic *kranô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kran/

Noun

kran m inan

1. tap (US: faucet)

Declension

See also

• kurek m

Further reading

• kran in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kran in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Kran

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krâ?n/
• Rhymes: -â?n

Noun

kr?n m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. crane

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kr??n/

Noun

kran c

1. crane (machinery)
2. water tap, knob for controlling a valve
3. (colloquial) (big) nose of a human
4. (colloquial) drug supplier

Declension

Descendants

• ? Finnish: kraana

Anagrams

• rank

Volapük

Noun

kran (nominative plural krans)

1. skull

Declension