han

English · Español · Français · Deutsch · Português · Tiếng Việt · Română

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

han

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خان (han), from Persian خان (xân, “caravanserai”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell”).

noun hanuri · han · hanul · hanurile

neuter inn, caravanserai

In English

inn lodging
khan a ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"han." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/han. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

han. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/han

Chicago

"han." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/han.

BibTeX

@misc{han_2026,
  title = {han},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/han},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}