khagan

English

Alternative forms

• kagan, kaghan, khaqan

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan). Doublet of khan.

Noun

khagan (plural khagans)

1. (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.
   • 1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 69:

     As early as the year 740 A.D., one of the Khazar kaghans had turned to Constantinople for a missionary versed in Christian law.

   • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 52:

     "A kagan is the father, the mother and the lover of all his people. Nobody would lift a hand against him," said Hanukkah.

Derived terms

• khaganate

Translations

title of imperial rank

• Arabic: خَاقَان m (ḵāqān)
• Armenian: խաքան (hy) (xakʻan)
• Bengali: খাকান (bn) (khakan)
• Bulgarian: кага́н m (kagán), хага́н m (hagán), хака́н (bg) m (hakán), кеха́н m (kehán)
• Catalan: kagan m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可汗 (zh) (kèhán)

• Czech: kagan m
• Dutch: grootkan
• Finnish: suurkaani (fi)
• French: khagan (fr) m, grand khan m
• German: Khagan (de) m
• Hindi: ख़ाक़ान m (xāqān)
• Hungarian: kagán (hu)
• Japanese: 可汗 (ja) (かかん, kakan)
• Kazakh: қаған (qağan)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хаан (mn) (xaan)

  Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan)

• Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan)
• Ottoman Turkish: خاقان (hâkan)
• Persian: خاقان (fa) (xâqân)
• Polish: kagan (pl) m
• Portuguese: khagan m
• Russian: кага́н (ru) m (kagán)
• Spanish: jaghan m, gran jan m
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kağan (tr), hakan (tr)
• Urdu: خاقان m (xāqān)
• Uyghur: خاقان (xaqan)
• Vietnamese: khả hãn (vi) (可汗)

Anagrams

• kangha, khanga

Portuguese

Noun

khagan m (plural khagans)

1. khagan (title of imperial rank used by some Turkic and Mongolian peoples)