khan

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[kɑːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a title given to rulers and officials in central Asia, Afghanistan, and certain other Muslim countries


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French chan, medieval Latin canus, caanus, from Turkic ḵān ‘lord, prince’


[kɑːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in the Middle East) an inn for travellers, built around a central courtyard


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Origin:
from Persian ḵān




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