khatun
khatun noun: a lady or wife in certain Central Asian communities.
Noun
khatun (plural khatuns)
- A lady or wife in certain Central Asian communities.
- For example, according to Ibn al-Jawzi, thew wife of the caliph al-Muqtafi, Fatima Khatun, daughter of the Seljuq sultan Muhammad, could read and write.2003, Carole Hillenbrand, “Women in the Seljuq Period”, in Women in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800, page 114
- The Khatun covered her face, then grabbed at the arm of a servant, who quickly poured more kumiss into Bortai's goblet.2014, Pamela Sargent, Ruler of the Sky
Proper noun capitalized: Khatun
Khatun (plural Khatuns)
- A surname.
khatun meaning in Hindi
khatun in Hindi
- khatun
- ख़ातून xātūn
Forms of khatun
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | khatuns |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Khatuns |
Origin of khatun
From Persian خاتون (xâtun), ultimately probably from Sogdian [script needed] (γwtʾynh /xwatēn, xutēn/, “queen”) either directly or via Proto-Common Turkic *xātun.
Questions about khatun
- What does khatun mean?
- Khatun means a lady or wife in certain Central Asian communities.
- What is khatun in Hindi?
- Khatun in Hindi is ख़ातून (xātūn). See Khatun meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is khatun?
- Khatun can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of khatun?
- The plural of khatun is khatuns.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: khatun (page history and authors); Khatun (page history and authors); ख़ातून (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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