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qaghan

qaghan 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 qaghan

pluralqaghans

Words formed from qaghan

Questions about qaghan

What is qaghan the alternative form of?
Qaghan is the alternative form of khagan.

Words near qaghan in the dictionary

  1. QAFL
  2. qagan
  3. qaganate
  4. qaganates
  5. qagans
  6. qaghan
  7. qaghanate
  8. qaghanates
  9. qaghans
  10. qahal
  11. qahals

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