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Khan [kɑːn] n (Biographies / Khan, Imran) Imran. See Imran Khan khan1 n 1. (Historical Terms) a. (formerly) a title borne by medieval Chinese emperors and Mongol and Turkic rulers: usually added to a name Kublai Khan b. such a ruler 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a title of respect borne by important personages in Afghanistan and central Asia [from Old French caan, from Medieval Latin caanus, from Turkish khān, contraction of khāqān ruler] khan2 n
an inn in Turkey, certain Arab countries, etc.; caravanserai [via Arabic from Persian] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Truth be told, the differences between the eccentric Abd-ul Rahman family and the more traditional Khans - whose children are hoping to marry - don't seem all that unbridgable. Genghis Khans habit of slaying people he conquered, especially males, would have helped this form of the Y chromosome displace others. In the early 1990s, Banerjee, a lecturer in anthropology at University College London, spent months in the frontier region with Khans family and interviewed seventy surviving Khidmatgar members. |
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