pakhanate

English

Etymology

Blending of Russian пахан (paxan, “don, mob boss, kingpin”) and khanate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈkɑːneɪt/
  • IPA(key): /pɐxɐˈnat/

Noun

pakhanate (plural pakhanates)

  1. Another term for mafia state.
    • 2014, Cathy Young, Putin's New Old Russia, Reason:
      In a similar vein, political scientist Andrei Piontkovsky argues that the Putin regime is a "pakhanate"—a coinage derived from pakhan, Russian underworld slang for a gang boss—intent on surrounding itself with a protective ring of copacetic "godfather states" to protect itself against change.

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