hʾn'

See also: ḥnꜥ

Middle Persian

Etymology

Clipping of 𐭡𐭩𐭲𐭠 (xānag, lodgement).

Noun

hʾn' (xān)

  1. house, dwelling

Descendants

  • Persian: خان (xân)
    • Arabic: خَان (ḵān)
    • Ottoman Turkish: خان (han)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 93
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855), خان”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 648b
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