khagan en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɑɡɑn/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /kɑˈɡɑn/
Etymology
Ultimately from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan). Doublet of khan.
Meanings
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(historical) A khan of khans, a ruler of a khaganate; (the holder of) an imperial rank used among certain Turkic and Mongolian peoples, equal in status to an emperor.
"A kagan is the father, the mother and the lover of all his people. Nobody would lift a hand against him," said Hanukkah.
2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 52:As early as the year 740 A.D., one of the Khazar kaghans had turned to Constantinople for a missionary versed in Christian law.
1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 69:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kaghan | alternative | lexicographic | |
| qaghan | alternative | lexicographic | |
| khagans | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| khaqan | alternative | lexicographic | |
| qaqan | alternative | lexicographic | |
| qagan | alternative | lexicographic | |
| kagan | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (39)
cs kagan (title of imperial rank) · tr hakan (title of imperial rank) · ota خاقان (title of imperial rank) · ar خَاقَان (title of imperial rank) · tg хоқон (title of imperial rank) · bg кага́н (title of imperial rank) · tr kağan (title of imperial rank) · kk қаған (title of imperial rank) · ca kagan (title of imperial rank) · fr khagan (title of imperial rank) · nl grootkan (title of imperial rank) · mn хаан (title of imperial rank) · fa خاقان (title of imperial rank) · vi khả hãn (title of imperial rank) · mn ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (title of imperial rank) · es gran jan (title of imperial rank) · ur خاقان (title of imperial rank) · pa ਖ਼ਾਕ਼ਾਨ (title of imperial rank) · bg хака́н (title of imperial rank) · pt khagan (title of imperial rank) · bn খাকান (title of imperial rank) · hu kagán (title of imperial rank) · fi suurkaani (title of imperial rank) · cmn 可汗 (title of imperial rank) · ks خاقان (title of imperial rank) · es jaghan (title of imperial rank) · hi ख़ाक़ान (title of imperial rank) · pl kagan (title of imperial rank) · de Khagan (title of imperial rank) · bg хага́н (title of imperial rank) · bg кеха́н (title of imperial rank) · otk 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (title of imperial rank) · hy խաքան (title of imperial rank) · ru кага́н (title of imperial rank) · xbc καγανο (title of imperial rank) · az xaqan (title of imperial rank) · fr grand khan (title of imperial rank) · ja 可汗 (title of imperial rank) · ug خاقان (title of imperial rank)