# khan
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑːn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: carn (non-rhotic)
* Homophone: con (father-bother merger)
* Rhymes: -ɑːn

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

khan (plural khans)
* (historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.
* An Ottoman sultan.
* A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.

##### Synonyms

* khakan

##### Derived terms

* khanate

##### Related terms

* khanum

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

khan (plural khans)
* 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.
* Synonym of fonduk, an inn or hotel in Middle Eastern contexts.

### References

* ↑ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
* ↑ 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.

### Anagrams

* Hank, Kahn, Nakh, ankh, hank

## Atong (India)
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

#### Noun

khan
* cassava, tapioca

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

#### Classifier

khan
* (classifier for objects like log-boats)

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

## Catalan
### Etymology

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.

### Noun

khan m (plural khans)
* khan

### References

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

## Danish
### Alternative forms

* kan

### Etymology

From Turkish kağan.

### Noun

khan c (singular definite khanen, plural indefinite khaner)
* (historical) a khan (Turkic, Tatar or Mongolic ruler)
    Coordinate terms: emir, mogul

#### Declension
## Dongxiang
### Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *gal, perhaps related to Proto-Tungusic *gụl-.
Compare Mongolian гал (gal), Evenki гулдай (guldaj, “to light, kindle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qʰɑŋ/

### Noun

khan
* fire

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* kan

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaːn/
* Hyphenation: khan
* Rhymes: -aːn

### Noun

khan m (plural khans)
* (historical) a khan (Turkic, Tatar or Mongolic ruler)
* a khan (nobleman in various Central Asian countries)

#### Derived terms

* khanaat

### References

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

## French
### Alternative forms

* (obsolete) cham, kan

### Etymology

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.

### Noun

khan m (uncountable)
* khan

### References

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

### Further reading

* “khan” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
* “khan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* can (obsolete)

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkan/
* Rhymes: -an
* Hyphenation: khàn

### Noun

khan m (invariable)
* khan

#### Derived terms

* khanato

### References

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* (non-standard since 2005) kan

### Etymology

From Turkic.

### Noun

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

### References

* “khan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Noun

khan m (plural khans)
* Alternative spelling of cã

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [xaːn˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [kʰaːŋ˧˧] ~ [xaːŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [kʰaːŋ˧˧] ~ [xaːŋ˧˧]

### Adjective

khan
* dried up; dry
* rare; scarce

#### Derived terms

* khan hiếm
* khô khan

### Adjective

khan
* hoarse; husky