خان

See also: جان

Arabic

خَان

Etymology 1

From Persian (xân, “caravanserai”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaːn/

Noun

خَان • (ḵān) m (plural خَانَات (ḵānāt))

hostel, caravanserai, inn

Declension

Declension of noun **خَان** (ḵān)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَان ḵān	الْخَان al-ḵān	خَان ḵān
nominative	خَانٌ ḵānun	الْخَانُ al-ḵānu	خَانُ ḵānu
accusative	خَانًا ḵānan	الْخَانَ al-ḵāna	خَانَ ḵāna
genitive	خَانٍ ḵānin	الْخَانِ al-ḵāni	خَانِ ḵāni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَانَيْن ḵānayn	الْخَانَيْن al-ḵānayn	خَانَيْ ḵānay
nominative	خَانَانِ ḵānāni	الْخَانَانِ al-ḵānāni	خَانَا ḵānā
accusative	خَانَيْنِ ḵānayni	الْخَانَيْنِ al-ḵānayni	خَانَيْ ḵānay
genitive	خَانَيْنِ ḵānayni	الْخَانَيْنِ al-ḵānayni	خَانَيْ ḵānay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَانَات ḵānāt	الْخَانَات al-ḵānāt	خَانَات ḵānāt
nominative	خَانَاتٌ ḵānātun	الْخَانَاتُ al-ḵānātu	خَانَاتُ ḵānātu
accusative	خَانَاتٍ ḵānātin	الْخَانَاتِ al-ḵānāti	خَانَاتِ ḵānāti
genitive	خَانَاتٍ ḵānātin	الْخَانَاتِ al-ḵānāti	خَانَاتِ ḵānāti

Synonyms

مُسَافِرْخَانَة (musāfirḵāna) (Vulgar Arabic)

Derived terms

خَانَة (ḵāna)

Descendants

English: khan

Etymology 2

Root
خ و ن (ḵ w n)
8 terms

Verb

خَانَ • (ḵāna) I (non-past يَخُونُ (yaḵūnu), verbal noun خَوْن (ḵawn) or خِيَانَة (ḵiyāna) or مَخَانَة (maḵāna))

to be disloyal, to be faithless, to be false, to be treacherous, to be perfidious; to act disloyally, to act treacherously, to act perfidiously
to betray
1. to cheat, to dupe, to hoodwink, to deceive, to impose upon, to fool, to deceive, to mislead
2. to forsake, to desert, to let down
3. to fail, to break (a promise, contract)

Conjugation

Conjugation of **خَانَ** (I, hollow, a ~ u, full passive, verbal nouns *خَوْن*, *خِيَانَة*, *مَخَانَة*)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					خَوْن, خِيَانَة, مَخَانَة ḵawn, ḵiyāna, maḵāna
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					خَائِن ḵāʔin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَخُون maḵūn
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	خُنْتُ ḵuntu	خُنْتَ ḵunta	خَانَ ḵāna	خُنْتُمَا ḵuntumā	خَانَا ḵānā	خُنَّا ḵunnā	خُنْتُمْ ḵuntum	خَانُوا ḵānū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	خُنْتُ ḵuntu	خُنْتِ ḵunti	خَانَتْ ḵānat	خُنْتُمَا ḵuntumā	خَانَتَا ḵānatā	خُنَّا ḵunnā	خُنْتُنَّ ḵuntunna	خُنَّ ḵunna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَخُونُ ʔaḵūnu	تَخُونُ taḵūnu	يَخُونُ yaḵūnu	تَخُونَانِ taḵūnāni	يَخُونَانِ yaḵūnāni	نَخُونُ naḵūnu	تَخُونُونَ taḵūnūna	يَخُونُونَ yaḵūnūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَخُونُ ʔaḵūnu	تَخُونِينَ taḵūnīna	تَخُونُ taḵūnu	تَخُونَانِ taḵūnāni	تَخُونَانِ taḵūnāni	نَخُونُ naḵūnu	تَخُنَّ taḵunna	يَخُنَّ yaḵunna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَخُونَ ʔaḵūna	تَخُونَ taḵūna	يَخُونَ yaḵūna	تَخُونَا taḵūnā	يَخُونَا yaḵūnā	نَخُونَ naḵūna	تَخُونُوا taḵūnū	يَخُونُوا yaḵūnū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَخُونَ ʔaḵūna	تَخُونِي taḵūnī	تَخُونَ taḵūna	تَخُونَا taḵūnā	تَخُونَا taḵūnā	نَخُونَ naḵūna	تَخُنَّ taḵunna	يَخُنَّ yaḵunna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَخُنْ ʔaḵun	تَخُنْ taḵun	يَخُنْ yaḵun	تَخُونَا taḵūnā	يَخُونَا yaḵūnā	نَخُنْ naḵun	تَخُونُوا taḵūnū	يَخُونُوا yaḵūnū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَخُنْ ʔaḵun	تَخُونِي taḵūnī	تَخُنْ taḵun	تَخُونَا taḵūnā	تَخُونَا taḵūnā	نَخُنْ naḵun	تَخُنَّ taḵunna	يَخُنَّ yaḵunna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		خُنْ ḵun		خُونَا ḵūnā			خُونُوا ḵūnū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		خُونِي ḵūnī		خُونَا ḵūnā			خُنَّ ḵunna

passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	خِنْتُ ḵintu	خِنْتَ ḵinta	خِينَ ḵīna	خِنْتُمَا ḵintumā	خِينَا ḵīnā	خِنَّا ḵinnā	خِنْتُمْ ḵintum	خِينُوا ḵīnū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	خِنْتُ ḵintu	خِنْتِ ḵinti	خِينَتْ ḵīnat	خِنْتُمَا ḵintumā	خِينَتَا ḵīnatā	خِنَّا ḵinnā	خِنْتُنَّ ḵintunna	خِنَّ ḵinna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُخَانُ ʔuḵānu	تُخَانُ tuḵānu	يُخَانُ yuḵānu	تُخَانَانِ tuḵānāni	يُخَانَانِ yuḵānāni	نُخَانُ nuḵānu	تُخَانُونَ tuḵānūna	يُخَانُونَ yuḵānūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُخَانُ ʔuḵānu	تُخَانِينَ tuḵānīna	تُخَانُ tuḵānu	تُخَانَانِ tuḵānāni	تُخَانَانِ tuḵānāni	نُخَانُ nuḵānu	تُخَنَّ tuḵanna	يُخَنَّ yuḵanna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُخَانَ ʔuḵāna	تُخَانَ tuḵāna	يُخَانَ yuḵāna	تُخَانَا tuḵānā	يُخَانَا yuḵānā	نُخَانَ nuḵāna	تُخَانُوا tuḵānū	يُخَانُوا yuḵānū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُخَانَ ʔuḵāna	تُخَانِي tuḵānī	تُخَانَ tuḵāna	تُخَانَا tuḵānā	تُخَانَا tuḵānā	نُخَانَ nuḵāna	تُخَنَّ tuḵanna	يُخَنَّ yuḵanna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُخَنْ ʔuḵan	تُخَنْ tuḵan	يُخَنْ yuḵan	تُخَانَا tuḵānā	يُخَانَا yuḵānā	نُخَنْ nuḵan	تُخَانُوا tuḵānū	يُخَانُوا yuḵānū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُخَنْ ʔuḵan	تُخَانِي tuḵānī	تُخَنْ tuḵan	تُخَانَا tuḵānā	تُخَانَا tuḵānā	نُخَنْ nuḵan	تُخَنَّ tuḵanna	يُخَنَّ yuḵanna

Related terms

خَائِن (ḵāʔin)
خَوَّان (ḵawwān)
خَوَّنَ (ḵawwana)
خَؤُون (ḵaʔūn)
خِيَانَة (ḵiyāna)

Etymology 3

From earlier قَان (qān), derived from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰣 (qan) a contraction of 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan); doublet of خَاقَان (ḵāqān) an earlier form, from Middle Persian hʾkʾn' (xāgān), from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan); ultimately of unknown origin, suggested as a borrowing.

Noun

خَان • (ḵān) m (plural خَوَانِين (ḵawānīn))

khan, a ruler in Northern Asia

Declension

Declension of noun **خَان** (ḵān)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَان ḵān	الْخَان al-ḵān	خَان ḵān
nominative	خَانٌ ḵānun	الْخَانُ al-ḵānu	خَانُ ḵānu
accusative	خَانًا ḵānan	الْخَانَ al-ḵāna	خَانَ ḵāna
genitive	خَانٍ ḵānin	الْخَانِ al-ḵāni	خَانِ ḵāni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَانَيْن ḵānayn	الْخَانَيْن al-ḵānayn	خَانَيْ ḵānay
nominative	خَانَانِ ḵānāni	الْخَانَانِ al-ḵānāni	خَانَا ḵānā
accusative	خَانَيْنِ ḵānayni	الْخَانَيْنِ al-ḵānayni	خَانَيْ ḵānay
genitive	خَانَيْنِ ḵānayni	الْخَانَيْنِ al-ḵānayni	خَانَيْ ḵānay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَوَانِين ḵawānīn	الْخَوَانِين al-ḵawānīn	خَوَانِين ḵawānīn
nominative	خَوَانِينُ ḵawānīnu	الْخَوَانِينُ al-ḵawānīnu	خَوَانِينُ ḵawānīnu
accusative	خَوَانِينَ ḵawānīna	الْخَوَانِينَ al-ḵawānīna	خَوَانِينَ ḵawānīna
genitive	خَوَانِينَ ḵawānīna	الْخَوَانِينِ al-ḵawānīni	خَوَانِينِ ḵawānīni

Derived terms

خَانِيَّة (ḵāniyya, “khanate”)

Azerbaijani

Noun

خان

Arabic spelling of xan

Chagatai

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kagan (“male ruler”). Doublet of خاقان (xāqān)

Alternative forms

قاان (qaan)

Noun

خان (xan) (plural خان‌لار (xānlar))

male ruler, king, khan, shah
Synonyms: پادشاه (pādišāh), خاقان (xāqān), شاه (šāh)
a honorific title used after the names of men or women

Derived terms

خانلاماق (xanlamaq, “to declare the khan”)
خانیم (xanim)
خان‌لیق (xanlıq, “khanate, reign”)

Descendants

Uyghur: خان (xan)
Uzbek: xon

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

خان (xān)

alternative spelling of خوان (xān, xwān, “tablecloth”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian (xân, “caravanserai”).

Noun

خان • (han) (plural خانلار (hanlar))

inn, caravanserai

Descendants

Turkish: han
→ Albanian: han
→ Aromanian: háne
→ Bulgarian: хан (han)
→ Greek: χάνι (cháni)
→ Hungarian: hán
→ Romanian: han
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ха̑н

Latin script: hȃn

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish خان (ḫān), from Proto-Turkic *kagan. Compare Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan), considered to be of non-Turkic Central Asian origin.

Noun

خان • (han)

khan

Descendants

Turkish: han

References

Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007) “817.”, in Зузана Тополињска, Петар Атанасов, editors, Турските елементи во ароманскиот [Turskite elementi vo aromanskiot]‎^[8], put into Macedonian from the author’s Serbo-Croatian Turski elementi u aromunskom dijalektu (1939, unpublished) by Веселинка Лаброска, Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите [Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite], →ISBN, page 134
Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “خان”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 402

Persian

Pronunciation


Iranian Persian	خان
Dari	خان
Tajik	хон

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈxaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xān
Dari reading^?	xān
Iranian reading^?	xân
Tajik reading^?	xon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Turkic; first attested in Islamic lands in Karakhanid coinage from the 900s.^[1] See Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹ /⁠qaɣan⁠/) for more.

Noun

خان • (xân) (plural خان‌ها, or خوانین (xavânin))

Sir, Mister; a title attached after the name of a man, marking politeness and/or social distance.
― dâryuš xân ― Mister Daryoosh
(historical) khan (nomadic ruler); by extension:
― čengiz xân ― Genghis Khan
1. A Safavid provincial governor ranking between (beyglarbeygi, “governor-general”) and (soltân, “deputy governor”).
2. In the Mughal and Qajar empires, an extremely common title used for any nobleman and courtier, even if not of nomadic background.
3. The Ottoman emperor.

Usage notes

As a suffix of politeness, (âqâ) is more formal and (xân) is more informal. Nowadays, (xân) is sometimes used to express sarcasm, since (âqâ) is more common in actually formal or polite contexts. Otherwise, it can be felt to be dated.

Derived terms

خانی (xâni)

Related terms

خانیت (xâniyat)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: ખાન (khān), ખાં (khā̃)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: ख़ान (xān)

Urdu: خان (xān)

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

^ Boyle, J. A. (2012) “K̲h̲ān”, in Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume II‎^[1]

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾn' /⁠xān⁠/, “house”). See (xâne) for more.

Noun

خان • (xân) (plural خان‌ها, or خانات (xânât))

caravanserai
Synonym: کاروانسرا (kârvânsarâ)
rifling (system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon)
(archaic) alternative form of (xâne, “house”)

Descendants

→ Arabic: خَان (ḵān)
→ Ottoman Turkish: خان (han)
- Turkish: han
- → Albanian: han
- → Aromanian: háne
- → Bulgarian: хан (han)
- → Greek: χάνι (cháni)
- → Hungarian: hán
- → Romanian: han
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ха̑н
  Latin script: hȃn

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “خان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 93

Punjabi

Noun

خان • (xān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਖ਼ਾਨ)

khan

Proper noun

خان • (xān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਖ਼ਾਨ)

a surname, Khan

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xān).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [xɑnʊ]

Noun

خانُ • (xānu) m

khan

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xān).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɑːn/

Noun

خان • (xān) m (formal plural خانان (xānān) or خَوانِین (xavānīn), Hindi spelling ख़ान)

khan

Derived terms

خانِیَت (xāniyat)

Proper noun

خان • (xān) ? (Hindi spelling ख़ान)

a surname, Khan

Uyghur

Noun

خان • (xan) (plural خانلار (xanlar))

khan

[1] Boyle, J. A. (2012) “K̲h̲ān”, in Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume II‎^[1]

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

Conjugation

Related terms

Etymology 3

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Azerbaijani

Noun

Chagatai

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

Further reading

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

Descendants

References

Persian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Usage notes

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

Etymology 2

Noun

Descendants

References

Punjabi

Noun

Proper noun

Further reading

Sindhi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Proper noun

Uyghur

Noun