خان
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خان¹
- /xaːn/
Where it comes from
From Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”).
noun خَان · ḵān · خَانَات · الْخَان
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hostel, caravanserai, inn
Similar: مُسَافِرْخَانَة
خان²
verb خَانَ · ḵāna · يَخُونُ · خَوْن · خِيَانَة · مَخَانَة
- 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 cheat, to dupe, to hoodwink, to deceive, to impose upon, to fool, to deceive, to mislead
- to forsake, to desert, to let down
- to fail, to break (a promise, contract)
خان³
Where it comes from
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 · خَوَانِين · الْخَان
- khan, a ruler in Northern Asia
In English
- inn lodging
- khan a ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages
- betray to deliver into the hands of an enemy
- cheat on be unfaithful to
- caravanserai roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest
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