Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages. · An Ottoman sultan. · A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.
Via late Middle English can, chan from Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic *qan, contraction of *qaɣan. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan), and Mongolian хаан (xaan), possibly from Rouran. Sense 1 (ruler in the Middle Ages) after Genghis Khan, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan). Doublet of khagan.
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