khan
noun
[ kɑːn ]
• a title given to rulers and officials in central Asia, Afghanistan, and certain other Muslim countries.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French chan, medieval Latin canus, caanus, from Turkic ḵān ‘lord, prince’.
khan
noun
• (in the Middle East) an inn for travellers, built around a central courtyard.
Origin:
from Persian ḵān .
