Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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khan

/kɑːn/ noun, proper noun

Forms khans chan cham can

  1. noun (historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.
  2. noun An Ottoman sultan.
  3. noun A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.
  4. noun Synonym of caravanserai (particularly in Middle Eastern contexts)
  5. noun Synonym of fonduk (“inn or hotel in Middle Eastern contexts”).
  6. proper noun A male given name used extensively among Muslims of South Asia.
  7. proper noun A surname derived from the given name.

Synonyms

khakan caravanserai fonduk caravansary caravan inn

Etymology

Via late Middle English can, chan from Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic *qan, contraction of *qaɣan. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan), and Mongolian хаан (xaan), possibly from Rouran. Sense 1 (ruler in the Middle Ages) after Genghis Khan, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan). Doublet of khagan.

From Arabic خَان (ḵān, “inn, caravanserai, hotel”) and Persian خان (xân, “inn, caravanserai”).

As a surname, via Hindustani خان (xān) / ख़ान (xān), from Classical Persian خَان (xān), from Turkic. As a title, a proper noun form of khan.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; --so called among the Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly governed by them.
  2. noun An Eastern inn or caravansary. [Written also kawn.]

Etymology [Pers. & Tart. khan.]

Etymology [Per. khan, khanah, house, tent, inn.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “khan”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “khan” (best matches first).