"tarkhan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tarkhans [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps Iranian or Mongolic. Ligeti (1975) and Doerfer (1985) rejected Turkic etymology, both pointing to tarkhan's obviously non-Turkic plural form tarkhat. See the Wikipedia page for more information. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{uder|en|ira|-}} Iranian, {{uder|en|xgn|-}} Mongolic Head templates: {{en-noun}} tarkhan (plural tarkhans)
  1. (historical) An ancient Central Asian title used by various Turkic, Mongolic and Indo-European (Scythian and Tokharian) peoples, especially in the medieval era, and prominently among the successors of the Mongol Empire; it generally conferred exemption from taxation. Wikipedia link: Tarkhan, tarkhan Tags: historical Synonyms: Tarkhan Translations (ancient Central Asian/Turkic title): թարխան (tʻarxan) (Armenian), თარხანი (tarxani) (Georgian), تارخان (tarkan) (Ottoman Turkish), ترخان (tarxân) (Persian), тархан (tarxan) (Russian), тархан (tarxan) (Tatar), tarkan (Turkish)

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