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khanly

khanly adjective: belonging to, characteristic of, or pertaining to a khan.

Adjective

khanly (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to, characteristic of, or pertaining to a khan.
    • In a sense, minimal segments present too small and undifferentiated a social field for khanly leadership, and the maximal segments encompass too much play for a single coherent game. So it is in the intermediate range that khanly leadership finds its arena, where khans endeavour to mediate or...2012, Richard Tapper, Tribe and State in Iran and Afghanistan, page 134

Origin of khanly

From khan + -ly.

Questions about khanly

What does khanly mean?
Khanly means belonging to, characteristic of, or pertaining to a khan.
What part of speech is khanly?
Khanly is an adjective.

Words near khanly in the dictionary

  1. khanka
  2. khankah
  3. khankahs
  4. khankas
  5. Khankendi
  6. khanly
  7. Khanna
  8. Khannas
  9. khanneshite
  10. khanoum
  11. khanoums

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