"Khan" meaning in All languages combined

See Khan on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈkɑːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Khan.wav
Rhymes: -ɑːn Etymology: As a surname via Urdu خان (xān), Persian خان (xân), among others. As a title, a proper noun form of khan. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ur|خان}} Urdu خان (xān), {{der|en|fa|خان}} Persian خان Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Khan
  1. A male given name used extensively among Muslims of South Asia.
    Sense id: en-Khan-en-name-V0NS2cUa Categories (other): English given names, English male given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28
  2. A surname derived from the given name.
    Sense id: en-Khan-en-name-jFTr2W6F Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: MNIK (english: abbreviation of the Hindi film My Name Is Khan) Related terms: Khan Younus

Noun [German]

Audio: De-Khan.ogg
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|de|fro|chan}} Old French chan, {{der|de|la-med|canus}} Medieval Latin canus, {{der|de|trk|-}} Turkic, {{der|de|otk||xān|t=Central Asian khan}} Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Khan m (strong, genitive Khans, plural Khane) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Khans [genitive], Khane [plural], strong [table-tags], Khan [nominative, singular], Khane [definite, nominative, plural], Khans [genitive, singular], Khane [definite, genitive, plural], Khan [dative, singular], Khanen [dative, definite, plural], Khan [accusative, singular], Khane [accusative, definite, plural], Chan [alternative]
  1. khan Tags: masculine, strong Related terms: Khanat

Alternative forms

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    },
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