"خان" meaning in Persian

See خان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [xɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [xɑːn] [Dari, formal], [xɑːn] [Dari, formal], [xɑːn] [Kabuli], [xɔːn] (note: Hazaragi), [xɒːn] [Iran, formal], [χɔn] [Tajik, formal] Forms: xân [romanization], خانها [plural], خوانین [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkic; first attested in Islamic lands in Karakhanid coinage from the 900s. See Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹ /⁠qaɣan⁠/) for more. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|trk}} Borrowed from Turkic, {{cog|otk|𐰴𐰍𐰣|ts=qaɣan}} Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹ /⁠qaɣan⁠/) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|خانها|or|خوانین|||f1tr=xân-hâ|f2tr=xavânin|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=xân|tr2=|tr3=}} خان • (xân) (plural خانها (xân-hâ) or خوانین (xavânin)), {{fa-noun|pl=خانها|pl2=خوانین|pl2tr=xavânin|tr=xân}} خان • (xân) (plural خانها (xân-hâ) or خوانین (xavânin))
  1. Sir, Mister; a title attached after the name of a man, marking politeness and/or social distance.
    Sense id: en-خان-fa-noun-LRC9A0XA
  2. (historical) khan (nomadic ruler); by extension:
    A Safavid provincial governor ranking between بیگلربیگی (beyglarbeygi, “governor-general”) and سلطان (soltân, “deputy governor”).
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): Heads of state
    Sense id: en-خان-fa-noun-fhdzF~At Disambiguation of Heads of state: 3 18 21 20 18 1 16 3
  3. (historical) khan (nomadic ruler); by extension:
    In the Mughal and Qajar empires, an extremely common title used for any nobleman and courtier, even if not of nomadic background.
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): Heads of state
    Sense id: en-خان-fa-noun-FVRX6krj Disambiguation of Heads of state: 3 18 21 20 18 1 16 3 Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 9 10 29 10 4 3 30 6
  4. (historical) khan (nomadic ruler); by extension:
    The Ottoman emperor.
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): Heads of state
    Sense id: en-خان-fa-noun-faBCSogZ Disambiguation of Heads of state: 3 18 21 20 18 1 16 3
  5. (historical) khan (nomadic ruler); by extension: Tags: historical Categories (topical): Heads of state
    Sense id: en-خان-fa-noun-vMsbvJlP Disambiguation of Heads of state: 3 18 21 20 18 1 16 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: خانیت (xâniyat)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [xɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [xɑːn] [Dari, formal], [xɑːn] [Dari, formal], [xɑːn] [Kabuli], [xɔːn] (note: Hazaragi), [xɒːn] [Iran, formal], [χɔn] [Tajik, formal] Forms: xân [romanization], خانها [plural], خانات [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾn' /⁠xān⁠/, “house”). See خانه (xâne) for more. Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal||sc=Phlv|t=house|tr=hʾn'|ts=xān}} Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾn' /⁠xān⁠/, “house”) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|خانها|or|خانات|||f1tr=xân-hâ|f2tr=xânât|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=xân|tr2=|tr3=}} خان • (xân) (plural خانها (xân-hâ) or خانات (xânât)), {{fa-noun|pl=خانها|pl2=خانات|pl2tr=xânât|tr=xân}} خان • (xân) (plural خانها (xân-hâ) or خانات (xânât))
  1. caravanserai Categories (topical): Buildings, Shops Synonyms: کاروانسرا
    Sense id: en-خان-fa-noun-fa:caravanserai Disambiguation of Buildings: 6 4 17 3 4 45 17 5 Disambiguation of Shops: 7 5 17 6 1 41 19 4
  2. rifling (system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon) Categories (topical): Heads of state
    Sense id: en-خان-fa-noun-uT2Plmba Disambiguation of Heads of state: 3 18 21 20 18 1 16 3 Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 9 10 29 10 4 3 30 6
  3. (archaic) Alternative form of خانه (xâne, “house”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, archaic Alternative form of: خانه (extra: xâne, “house”)
    Sense id: en-خان-fa-noun-SVYBlxbr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "ખાન",
            "3": "ખાં",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: ખાન (khān), ખાં (khā̃)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: ખાન (khān), ખાં (khā̃)"
    },
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          "args": {
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      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
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            "alts": "1"
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          "expansion": "Hindi: ख़ान (xān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: ख़ान (xān)"
    },
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            "1": "ur",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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    }
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    }
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          "text": "داریوش خان",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "Mister",
          "Mister"
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        "A Safavid provincial governor ranking between بیگلربیگی (beyglarbeygi, “governor-general”) and سلطان (soltân, “deputy governor”)."
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          "khan"
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          "Safavid",
          "Safavid#English"
        ],
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          "بیگلربیگی",
          "بیگلربیگی#Persian"
        ],
        [
          "سلطان",
          "سلطان#Persian"
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        "(historical) khan (nomadic ruler); by extension:",
        "A Safavid provincial governor ranking between بیگلربیگی (beyglarbeygi, “governor-general”) and سلطان (soltân, “deputy governor”)."
      ],
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          "Qajar#English"
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          "khan"
        ],
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          "Ottoman",
          "Ottoman#English"
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            "Fundamental",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Genghis Khan",
          "roman": "čengiz xân",
          "text": "چنگیز خان",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "khan (nomadic ruler); by extension"
      ],
      "id": "en-خان-fa-noun-vMsbvJlP",
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          "khan",
          "khan"
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        "(historical) khan (nomadic ruler); by extension:"
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      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[xɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
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      "ipa": "[xɑːn]",
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        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
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        "Kabuli"
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    {
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        "Iran",
        "formal"
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  ],
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    "fa:خان (عنوان)"
  ],
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}

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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
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      "text": "→ Arabic: خَان (ḵān)"
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          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: خان (han)\nTurkish: han\n→ Albanian: han\n→ Aromanian: háne\n→ Bulgarian: хан (han)\n→ Greek: χάνι (cháni)\n→ Hungarian: hán\n→ Romanian: han\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nCyrillic script: ха̑н\nLatin script: hȃn",
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        }
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      "links": [
        [
          "خانه",
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        "(archaic) Alternative form of خانه (xâne, “house”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɑːn]",
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        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Kabuli"
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    {
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    },
    {
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        "Iran",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "Tajik",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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}
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    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for Book Pahlavi script for Middle Persian terms",
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    "fa:Heads of state",
    "fa:Shops"
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: ખાન (khān), ખાં (khā̃)",
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        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
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        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "alts": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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        {
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            "1": "ur",
            "2": "خان",
            "tr": "xān"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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        "romanization"
      ]
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
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    }
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "xân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
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      "expansion": "خان • (xân) (plural خانها (xân-hâ) or خوانین (xavânin))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "خانها",
        "pl2": "خوانین",
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        "tr": "xân"
      },
      "expansion": "خان • (xân) (plural خانها (xân-hâ) or خوانین (xavânin))",
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "roman": "xâniyat",
      "word": "خانیت"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Mister Daryoosh",
          "roman": "dâryuš xân",
          "text": "داریوش خان",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Sir, Mister; a title attached after the name of a man, marking politeness and/or social distance."
      ],
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        [
          "Sir",
          "Sir"
        ],
        [
          "Mister",
          "Mister"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "khan (nomadic ruler); by extension:",
        "A Safavid provincial governor ranking between بیگلربیگی (beyglarbeygi, “governor-general”) and سلطان (soltân, “deputy governor”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "khan",
          "khan"
        ],
        [
          "Safavid",
          "Safavid#English"
        ],
        [
          "بیگلربیگی",
          "بیگلربیگی#Persian"
        ],
        [
          "سلطان",
          "سلطان#Persian"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) khan (nomadic ruler); by extension:",
        "A Safavid provincial governor ranking between بیگلربیگی (beyglarbeygi, “governor-general”) and سلطان (soltân, “deputy governor”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "khan (nomadic ruler); by extension:",
        "In the Mughal and Qajar empires, an extremely common title used for any nobleman and courtier, even if not of nomadic background."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "khan",
          "khan"
        ],
        [
          "Mughal",
          "Mughal#English"
        ],
        [
          "Qajar",
          "Qajar#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) khan (nomadic ruler); by extension:",
        "In the Mughal and Qajar empires, an extremely common title used for any nobleman and courtier, even if not of nomadic background."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "khan (nomadic ruler); by extension:",
        "The Ottoman emperor."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "khan",
          "khan"
        ],
        [
          "Ottoman",
          "Ottoman#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) khan (nomadic ruler); by extension:",
        "The Ottoman emperor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with historical senses",
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Genghis Khan",
          "roman": "čengiz xân",
          "text": "چنگیز خان",
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        }
      ],
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        "khan (nomadic ruler); by extension"
      ],
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        [
          "khan",
          "khan"
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      ],
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        "(historical) khan (nomadic ruler); by extension:"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[xɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɔːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɒːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[χɔn]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "Karakhanid",
    "fa:خان (عنوان)"
  ],
  "word": "خان"
}

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    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for Book Pahlavi script for Middle Persian terms",
    "fa:Buildings",
    "fa:Heads of state",
    "fa:Shops"
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: خَان (ḵān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: خَان (ḵān)"
    },
    {
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "خان",
            "bor": "1",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: خان (han)\nTurkish: han\n→ Albanian: han\n→ Aromanian: háne\n→ Bulgarian: хан (han)\n→ Greek: χάνι (cháni)\n→ Hungarian: hán\n→ Romanian: han\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nCyrillic script: ха̑н\nLatin script: hȃn",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: خان (han)\nTurkish: han\n→ Albanian: han\n→ Aromanian: háne\n→ Bulgarian: хан (han)\n→ Greek: χάνι (cháni)\n→ Hungarian: hán\n→ Romanian: han\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nCyrillic script: ха̑н\nLatin script: hȃn"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "",
        "sc": "Phlv",
        "t": "house",
        "tr": "hʾn'",
        "ts": "xān"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾn' /⁠xān⁠/, “house”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾn' /⁠xān⁠/, “house”). See خانه (xâne) for more.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خانها",
      "roman": "xân-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خانات",
      "roman": "xânât",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "6": "خانات",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "xân-hâ",
        "f2tr": "xânât",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "xân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "خان • (xân) (plural خانها (xân-hâ) or خانات (xânât))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "خانها",
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      "expansion": "خان • (xân) (plural خانها (xân-hâ) or خانات (xânât))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "caravanserai"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "caravanserai",
          "caravanserai"
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      ],
      "senseid": [
        "fa:caravanserai"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "کاروانسرا"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rifling (system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon)"
      ],
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "xâne, “house”",
          "word": "خانه"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of خانه (xâne, “house”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "خانه",
          "خانه#Persian"
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      ],
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        "(archaic) Alternative form of خانه (xâne, “house”)."
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
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    {
      "ipa": "[xɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[xɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɔːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɒːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[χɔn]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:کاروانسرا"
  ],
  "word": "خان"
}

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