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qagan

qagan is the alternative form of khagan.

Meaning of khagan

Noun

khagan (plural khagans)

  1. (historical) A khan of khans, a ruler of a khaganate; (the holder of) an imperial rank used among certain Turkic and Mongolian peoples, equal in status to an emperor.
    • As early as the year 740 A.D., one of the Khazar kaghans had turned to Constantinople for a missionary versed in Christian law.1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 69

Forms of qagan

pluralqagans

Words formed from qagan

Questions about qagan

What is qagan the alternative form of?
Qagan is the alternative form of khagan.

Words near qagan in the dictionary

  1. qafilahs
  2. qafilas
  3. qafiz
  4. qafizes
  5. QAFL
  6. qagan
  7. qaganate
  8. qaganates
  9. qagans
  10. qaghan
  11. qaghanate

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