khan

khan¹ Definition

khan (kän, kan)

noun

a title given to Genghis Khan and his successors, who ruled Mongolian and Turkic tribes of central Asia and dominated most of Asia during the Middle Ages
a title given to various officials and dignitaries in Iran, Afghanistan, etc.

Etymology: ME c(h)aan (sp. khan since 19th c.) < OFr chan or ML canus < Turkic khān, lord, prince < Mongolian qan, qaγan

khan² Definition

khan (kän, kan)

noun

in Turkey and some other Asian countries, a public inn; caravansary

Etymology: Ar khān

khan Usage Examples

Preposition: from

pakistan: I am salim khan from pakistan I am senoir staff nurse looking for a job. can you please help me?

Khan Quotes

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

—Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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