Dictionary

khanate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• kä'nāt
• /ˈkɑːneɪt/
• ᴋʜä'nāt
• /ˈxɑːneɪt/
• [ˈqʰɑːnɛjt] (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

Etymology tree English khan Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātusder. English -ate English khanate From khan + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).

Meanings

1. The polity ruled by a khan, comprising one or more tribes or clans; a state or dominion ruled by this polity; its territory.
   • Sviatoslav had his own imperial ambitions, which led him to take an aggressive interest in the Christian khanate of Bulgaria. 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 505:
   • By the middle of the nineteenth century Central Asia was rarely out of the headlines, as one by one the ancient caravan towns and khanates of the former Silk Road fell to Russian arms. 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, pages 5–6:

Forms

Deriveds

Crimean Khanate

Relateds

khaganate · caliphate · principality

Translations (49)

hi ख़ानियत (place ruled by a khan) · fr khanat (place ruled by a khan) · kum ханлыкъ (place ruled by a khan) · pt canado (place ruled by a khan) · ur خانِیَت (place ruled by a khan) · ota خانلق (place ruled by a khan) · pt canato (place ruled by a khan) · fi kaanikunta (place ruled by a khan) · tt ханлык (place ruled by a khan) · de Chanat (place ruled by a khan) · sv khanat (place ruled by a khan) · tk hanlyk (place ruled by a khan) · fr kanat (place ruled by a khan) · fa خانِیَت (place ruled by a khan) · hu kánság (place ruled by a khan) · mn хант аймаг (place ruled by a khan) · el χανάτο (place ruled by a khan) · mn хант улс (place ruled by a khan) · ru ха́нство (place ruled by a khan) · az xanlıq (place ruled by a khan) · it khanato (place ruled by a khan) · fi kaanaatti (place ruled by a khan) · hy խանություն (place ruled by a khan) · lv haniste (place ruled by a khan) · pl chanat (place ruled by a khan) · ro hanat (place ruled by a khan) · ky хандык (place ruled by a khan) · kk хандық (place ruled by a khan) · crh hanlığ (place ruled by a khan) · it canato (place ruled by a khan) · ba ханлыҡ (place ruled by a khan) · ug خانلىق (place ruled by a khan) · la chānātus (place ruled by a khan) · uz xonlik (place ruled by a khan) · gl khanato (place ruled by a khan) · cmn 汗國 /汗国 (place ruled by a khan) · nl kanaat (place ruled by a khan) · cs chanát (place ruled by a khan) · uk ха́нство (place ruled by a khan) · nl khanaat (place ruled by a khan) · es kanato (place ruled by a khan) · lt chanãtas (place ruled by a khan) · ka სახანო (place ruled by a khan) · de Khanat (place ruled by a khan) · ar خَانِيَّة (place ruled by a khan) · tr hanlık (place ruled by a khan) · ca kanat (place ruled by a khan) · bg ха́нство (place ruled by a khan) · mn ханлиг (place ruled by a khan)