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Via late Middle English can, chan from Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic *qan, contraction of *qaɣan.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan), and Mongolian хаан (xaan), possibly from Rouran. [2]Sense 1 (ruler in the Middle Ages) after Genghis Khan, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan). Doublet of khagan.

khan (plural khans)

  1. (historical) A ruler over various Turkic 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.

a ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages

an Ottoman sultan

a noble man in various Muslim countries

From Arabic خَان (ḵān, “inn, caravanserai, hotel”) and Persian خان (xân, “inn, caravanserai”).

khan (plural khans)

  1. Synonym of caravanserai (particularly in Middle Eastern contexts)
    • 1923, Powys Mathers, transl., 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 khān 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.
  2. Synonym of fonduk (“inn or hotel in Middle Eastern contexts”).
  1. ^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
  2. ^ Vovin, Alexander. 2010. Once Again on the Ruan-ruan Language. Ötüken’den İstanbul’a Türkçenin 1290 Yılı (720–2010) Sempozyumu From Ötüken to Istanbul, 1290 Years of Turkish (720–2010). 3–5 Aralık 2010, İstanbul / 3–5 December 2010, İstanbul: 1–10.

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khan

  1. cassava, tapioca

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khan

  1. (classifier for objects like log-boats)

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.[1]

khan m (plural khans)

  1. khan

  2. ^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

From Turkish kağan.

khan c (singular definite khanen, plural indefinite khaner)

  1. (historical) a khan (Turkic, Tatar or Mongolic ruler)
    Coordinate terms: emir, mogul

From Proto-Mongolic *gal, perhaps related to Proto-Tungusic *gụl-.

Compare Mongolian гал (gal), Evenki гулдай (guldaj, “to light, kindle”).

khan

  1. fire

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.[1]

khan m (plural khans, no diminutive)

  1. (historical) a khan (Turkic, Tatar or Mongolic ruler)
  2. a khan (nobleman in various Central Asian countries)
  1. ^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.[1]

khan m (uncountable)

  1. khan

  2. ^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.[1]

khan m (invariable)

  1. khan
  1. ^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

inherited from Assamese -খান (-khan) or borrowed from Bengali -খান (-khan).

khan

  1. denoting plurality

From Turkic.

khan m (definite singular khanen, indefinite plural khanar, definite plural khanane)

  1. khan

khan m (plural khans)

  1. alternative spelling of cã

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 旱 (SV: hạn).

khan

  1. dried up; dry
  2. rare; scarce
  3. (chemistry) anhydrous
    Antonym: ngậm nước
    canxi sunfat khan ― anhydrous calcium sulfate

khan

  1. hoarse; husky