köken: From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.
köken: From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.
köken: From a Mongolic source, compare Mongolian хаан (xaan), ultimately from the same Turkic source as кага́н (kagán). A possible intermediary is Chagatai خان (xan).
köken: Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾkʾn' /xāgān/), from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan). Compare inherited Turkish kağan and the Persian borrowing hakan.