kağan

Pronunciation: /kaˈan/

“kağan” is a Turkish word. Its meaning in English:

noun

A title of imperial rank in Turkic and Mongolic languages, ruler of a khaganate; khagan.

Etymology

Inherited from late Ottoman Turkish قاغان (kağan), ultimately from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (k¹g¹n¹ /⁠qaġan, xaġan⁠/), from Proto-Turkic *kagan. Cognates with Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan), Kazakh қаған (qağan), Kyrgyz каган (kagan), Southern Altai каан (kaan), Tatar каган (qağan), Uyghur قاغان (qaghan), Uzbek xoqon. Doublet of han and hakan.

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