different between mongolian vs khagan

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mongolian

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

khagan (plural khagans)

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.

khagan m (plural khagans)

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