khan
IPA: kˈɑn
noun
- (historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.
- An Ottoman sultan.
- A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.
- A caravanserai; a resting-place for a travelling caravan.
- A male given name used extensively among Muslims of South Asia.
- A surname derived from the given name.
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Examples of "khan" in Sentences
- Amanat Khan was the chief calligrapher.
- The latter became the khan of Golden Horde.
- He bravely challenged the first martial law of Ayub Khan.
- Arriving at Cairo, I went to the khan, called the khan of
- Sabur Khan, who is now the Chairman of the Daffodil Group.
- I am surprised at the tussle between Pakistan and Kamran Khan.
- In that same year, Ayub Khan made a fruitless inroad from Persia.
- It was the Hordes of Ghengis Khan who exterminated other people cruelly.
- Khan was found guilty of bringing the university into disrepute and fired.
- The reigning Khan of the country is dying, and two cousins vie for the crown.
- Pope Benedict appointed four ecclesiastics as his legates to the khan's court.
- October 5th, 2009 6: 19 pm ET ah … they are just letting me win. rakin khan, Toronto
- But lo! the neat white cottage was a guardhouse, and our khan was the rude, unpainted, windowless barn.
- The "habitation of Chimham" (Jer. 41: 17) was probably an inn or khan, which is the proper meaning of the
- Madam, said I, I am a stranger, lodging in a khan, which is not a proper place for the reception of a lady of your quality and merit.
- The khan has been a strong edifice, but the stones of the massive gateway, especially the great keystone, are split across, as if from the effects of gunpowder.
- The khan was a hovel; but while it was swept out, and prepared for us, I sat down with the captain on a shopboard, in the little bazaar, where coffee was served.
- The immediate jurisdiction of the khan is confined within the limits of his own tribe; and the exercise of his royal prerogative has been moderated by the ancient institution of a national council.
- After the murder of his father Karzai inherited the title khan ( "head") of the 500,000-strong Popolzai — the Pashtoon clan of Ahmad Shah Durrani, the Persian army commander who conquered the southern Afghan city of Kandahar and in 1747 became the first king of Afghanistan.