khan
SubstantivSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- //kɑːn//
An Ottoman sultan.
Substantiv
- 1
historischA 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.
Herkunft
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.
Substantiv
- 1
Synonym of caravanserai (particularly in Middle Eastern contexts)
‘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.
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”).
Herkunft
From Arabic خَان (ḵān, “inn, caravanserai, hotel”) and Persian خان (xân, “inn, caravanserai”).
Formen
- Plural
- khans