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خان

خان

See also: جان

Arabic

Noun

خَان (ḵān) m (plural خَانَات (ḵānāt))

  1. hostel, caravansary
  2. inn
Declension
Related terms
  • خَانَة (ḵāna)

Etymology 2

From the root خ و ن (ḵ-w-n).

Verb

خَانَ (ḵāna) I, non-past يَخُونُ‎ (yaḵūnu)

  1. to be disloyal, to be faithless, to be false, to be treacherous, to be perfidious
  2. to act disloyally, to act treacherously, to act perfidiously
  3. to betray
  4. to cheat, to dupe, to hoodwink, to deceive
  5. to impose upon
  6. to fool, to deceive, to mislead
  7. to forsake, to desert, to let down
  8. to fail
  9. to break (a promise, contract)
Conjugation
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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Old Turkic, probably of non-Turkic Central Asian origin.

Noun

خان (han)

  1. khan

Etymology 2

From Persian خان (xân, caravanserai).

Noun

خان (han) (plural خانلار)

  1. inn

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian hʾn' (xān, house).

Noun

خان (xân) (plural خان‌ها (xân-hâ))

  1. caravanserai

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “xān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 93

Etymology 2

From Old Turkic, probably of non-Turkic Central Asian origin.

Noun

خان (xân) (plural خان‌ها (xân-hâ) or خانات (xânât) or خوانین (xavânin))

  1. khan

Urdu

Noun

خان (xān) m (Hindi spelling ख़ान)

  1. khan

Uyghur

Noun

خان (xan)

  1. khan