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"3": "ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ"
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"etymology_text": "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). Sense 1 (ruler in the Middle Ages) after Genghis Khan, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan).",
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"word": "խան"
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"word": "খান"
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"word": "可汗"
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"tags": [
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "ĥano"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "khaan"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "kaani"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "khan"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"tags": [
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"word": "khan"
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"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"tags": [
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"word": "can"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xani",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "ხანი"
},
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"roman": "q̇aeni",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "ყაენი"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Chan"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"tags": [
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"word": "Khan"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chános",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χάνος"
},
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "khagânos",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
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"word": "χαγᾶνος"
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"roman": "khan",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "חַאן"
},
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"roman": "khān",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "खान"
},
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"word": "खन"
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"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ख़ान"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 5",
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"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "xāgān",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
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],
"word": "ख़ागान"
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"roman": "xāqān",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ख़ाक़ान"
},
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "kán"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "khan"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "khan"
},
{
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"roman": "kān",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "カーン"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kan",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "汗"
},
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hān",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "ハーン"
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"roman": "kagan",
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"word": "カガン"
},
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"code": "xal",
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"word": "хаан"
},
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"word": "хан"
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"word": "қаған"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "khan",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "ខាន់"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kan",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "칸"
},
{
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"roman": "gahan",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "가한"
},
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"roman": "kagan",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "카간"
},
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"word": "хан"
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"word": "ᡥᠠᠨ"
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"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "khāna",
"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
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"tags": [
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"word": "ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ"
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"word": "خان"
},
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"_dis1": "93 2 5",
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"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"word": "خاقان"
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"word": "cã"
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"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"tags": [
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"word": "cão"
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"code": "ro",
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"word": "хан"
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"word": "ка̑н"
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"word": "қаан"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chán"
},
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kan"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "kan"
},
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"word": "khan"
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"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
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"sense": "a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages",
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "an Ottoman sultan",
"word": "khan"
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"sense": "a noble man in various Muslim countries",
"word": "khan"
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"ref": "1923, Powys Mathers, transl., The Thousand Nights and One Night",
"text": "‘Guess the name of that,’ she said, pointing to her delicate parts. The porter tried this name and that and ended by asking her to tell him and cease her slapping. ‘The khān of Abu-Mansur,’ she replied.",
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}
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