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hatun

hatun

See also: hátún

Finnish

Noun

hatun

  1. Genitive singular form of hattu.

Anagrams

Quechua

Adjective

hatun

  1. big, tall, grand, high, large, long, great, important
  2. serious

Noun

hatun

  1. size, height

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰴𐱃𐰆𐰣 ‎(χatun/katun), from Sogdian χwatēn (χwa self + tāw power, strength),[1][2][3] or Saka χattuna,[4] from Proto-Turkic *Kādɨn ‎(“relative-in-law”), which may be derived from Proto-Altaic *ki̯ā́du ‎(“relative”).[5]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): hɑ:'tun

Noun

hatun ‎(definite accusative hatunu, plural hatunlar)

  1. (slang) an attractive young woman
  2. (archaic, dialectal) wife

Declension

References

  1. ↑ Carter Vaughn Findley, Turks in World History, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 45: "... Many elements of Non-Turkic origin also became part of Türk statecraft [...] for example, as in the case of khatun [...] and beg [...] both terms being of Sogdian origin and ever since in common use in Turkish. ..."
  2. ↑ Fatima Mernissi, "The Forgotten Queens of Islam", University of Minnesota Press, 1993. pg 21: "... Khatun 'is a title of Sogdian origin borne by the wives and female relatives of the Tu-chueh and subsequent Turkish Rulers ..."
  3. ↑ Leslie P. Peirce, "The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire", Oxford University Press, 1993. pg 312: "... On the title Khatun, see Boyle, 'Khatun', 1933, according to whom it was of Soghdian origin and was borne by wives and female relations of various Turkish Rulers. ..."
  4. ↑ http://www.nisanyansozluk.com/?k=hatun&lnk=1
  5. ↑ http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fdata%2falt%2fturcet&text_number=+760&root=config

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