# خاتون
## Arabic
### Etymology

From Classical Persian خاتون (xātūn, “lady, noblewoman”).

### Noun

خَاتُون • (ḵātūn) f (plural خَوَاتِين (ḵawātīn))
* khatun, noblewoman

#### Declension
## Old Anatolian Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خاتون (xâtun). Doublet of قادین (qadın).

### Noun

خَاتُونْ (ḫātūn)
* noblewoman, lady, dame, queen
    Synonym: قادین (qadın)

#### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: xatın
* Ottoman Turkish: خاتون (hatun)
** Turkish: hatun
** → Georgian: ხათუნა (xatuna)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish خاتون (ḫātūn), Persian خاتون (xâtun). Doublet of قادین (kadın).

### Noun

خاتون • (hatun)
* lady, dame
* woman

#### Derived terms

* گوزل خاتون (güzel hatun)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: hatun
* → Georgian: ხათუნა (xatuna)

### References

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خاتون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 818b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خاتون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 525a

## Persian
### Etymology

Most likely directly from Sogdian 𐼶𐼴𐽂𐼰𐼷𐼻𐼳 (γwtʾynh /⁠xwatēn, xutēn⁠/, “queen”), or perhaps entered Persian via Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫑𐫀𐫎𐫇𐫗 (xʾṯwn /⁠xātūn⁠/, “lady, a Sogdian female title”). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *hwatā́wniH, a feminine form of Proto-Iranian *hwatā́wā. Related to خدا (xodâ), which was inherited, and to خدیو (xadiv), which was borrowed from Bactrian χοαδηο (khoadēo, “lord”).
Compare Old Turkic 𐰴𐱃𐰆𐰣 (qatun, “queen”), Proto-Common Turkic *xātun, Turkish kadın (“woman”) Turkish hatun (“lady, wife”), Karakhanid قاتُونْ (qātūn, “noble woman”), Iranian borrowings.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [xɑː.ˈtuːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xɑː.t̪ʰúːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xɑː.t̪ʰúːn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [xɑː.t̪ʰúːn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [xɔː.t̪ʰún]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [xɒː.t̪ʰúːn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [χɔ.t̪ʰún]

### Noun

خاتون • (xâtun)
* lady, matron
* noblewoman

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: خاتون (ḵātūn)
* → Bengali: খাতুন (khatun)
* → Gujarati: ખાતૂન (khātūn)
* → Gulf Arabic: خاتون (ḵātūn, “female nurse”)
* → Middle Armenian: խաթուն (xatʻun)
** Armenian: խաթուն (xatʻun)
* → Old Anatolian Turkish: خاتون (ḫātūn)
** Azerbaijani: xatın
** Ottoman Turkish: خاتون (hatun)
*** Turkish: hatun
*** → Georgian: ხათუნა (xatuna)
* → Urdu: خاتون (xātūn)

### Further reading

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خاتون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خاتون (xātūn, “lady; noblewoman”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /xɑː.t̪uːn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uːn
* Hyphenation: خا‧تون

### Noun

خاتُون • (xātūn) f (formal plural خَواتِین (xavātīn), Hindi spelling ख़ातून)
* lady
    خَواتِین و حَضْرات ― xavātīn o hazrāt ― Ladies and gentlemen
* first lady; khatun
* noblewoman

### References

* “خاتون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خاتون”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “خاتون”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* “خاتون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.