𐰴𐰍𐰣
Old Turkic
Alternative forms
- (Irk Bitig, Yenisei) 𐰴𐰣 (qan)
Etymology
Thought to be a borrowing from an unknown source. Cognate to Turkish kağan (“khagan”), and Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan, “king, khan”), a Turkic borrowing. Compare also Turkish hākān, an early Arabicized form from Arabic خاقان (ḵāqān).
Derived terms
- 𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰞𐰍 (qaɣanlïɣ)
- 𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰞𐰀 (qaɣanla-)
- 𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰽𐰺𐰀 (qaɣansïra-)
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972), “xağanlığ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 611
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