~ 1 [ kα:n , kan ]
■ noun
1》 a title given to rulers and officials in central Asia, Afghanistan, and certain other Muslim countries.
2》 any of the successors of Genghis Khan, supreme rulers of the Turkish, Tartar, and Mongol peoples and emperors of China in the Middle Ages.
Derivatives
~ate noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. chan , med. L. canus , caanus , from Turkic ḵān 'lord, prince'.
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~ 2 [ kα:n , kan ]
■ noun (in the Middle East) an inn for travellers, built around a central courtyard.
Origin
from Pers. ḵān .