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Khan

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈkɑːn//

A male given name used extensively among Muslims of South Asia.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A male given name used extensively among Muslims of South Asia.

  2. 2

    A surname derived from the given name.

    "Sunscreens protect you from UVA/UVB rays which can be emitted from many sources of light such as the sun, your tubelight and devices," Dr Kaleem Khan said, adding that using sunscreen once a day is the bare minimum you can do for your skin.

Etymology

As a surname, via Hindustani خان (xān) / ख़ान (xān), from Classical Persian خَان (xān), from Turkic. As a title, a proper noun form of khan.

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Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).