kağan
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Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish خاقان (ḫāḳān)[1] (alternatively قاغان (ḳaġān)), from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹), from Proto-Turkic *qaɣan or *xaɣan, ultimate origin is uncertain. Cognates with Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan), Kazakh қаған (qağan), Kyrgyz каган (kagan), Southern Altai каан (kaan), Tatar каган (qağan), Uyghur قاغان (qaghan), Uzbek xoqon.
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Noun[edit]
kağan (definite accusative kağanı, plural kağanlar)
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References[edit]
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خاقان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 823
Further reading[edit]
- “kağan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kağan¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2331