𐰴𐰍𐰣

Old Turkic

Alternative forms

  • 𐰴𐰣 (qn¹ /⁠qan⁠/) (Yenisei Kyrgyz)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kagan (“male ruler, khan”), see there for more.

Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽲𐽰𐽺 (qʾn /⁠ḳan⁠/) and Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan, “king, khan”) and Turkish han.

Noun

𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹ /qaġan, xaġan/)

  1. (politics, sociology) male ruler, khagan, king
    • c. 732 CE, Yollïġ Tigin (𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤), Kül Tegin Inscription line 1, facing south:
      𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐱅𐰏:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰓𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰢𐱁:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰉𐰆:𐰇𐰓𐰚𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐱃𐰢
      t²ŋr²i:t²g:t²ŋr²id²a:b¹ul¹mš:t²ür²k̥:b²il²ga:qǧn¹:b¹u:üd²ka:ul¹r¹t¹m
      /Täŋritäg, Täŋridä bolmuš Türük Bilgä Qaġan, bu ödkä olurtum./
      I, the God-like and Heaven-born Turkish Bilgä Khagan, I succeeded to the throne by this time.

Derived terms

  • 𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰞𐰀 (qǧn¹l¹a /⁠qaġanla-⁠/, “to install a Khagan, to rule”)
  • 𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰞𐰍 (qǧn¹l¹ǧ /⁠qaġanlïġ⁠/, “fit for a Khagan”)

Descendants

  • → English: khagan
  • → Kazakh: қаған (qağan) (learned)
  • → Turkish: kağan (learned)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “qaγan”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 339
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “xağan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 611
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