köken: Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾkʾn' /xāgān/), from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan). Compare inherited Turkish kağan and the Persian borrowing hakan.
royal or imperial khan; king; monarch ; sovereign ; emperor
çekim: çoğul хаад · tamlayan хааны
köken: Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan), from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan). Compare Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan), the title of Bumïn Qaγan, founder of the Turkic Khaganate who reigned in 551–552 CE. Clauson considers it to be a Turkic loanword; yet the reverse (Mongolic into Turkic) is equally as likely, as Turks themselves borrowed the title from Rourans. As early as 3rd century CE general…