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zaisan

zaisan noun: a Mongolian leader under Genghis Khan.

Noun

zaisan (plural zaisans)

  1. (historical) A Mongolian leader under Genghis Khan.

Forms of zaisan

pluralzaisans
alternative formzaisang

Origin of zaisan

Borrowed from Mongolian зайсан (zajsan), Classical Mongolian ᠵᠠᠶᠢᠰᠠᠩ (ǰayisang) and Written Oirat ᠴᠠᠶᡅᠰᠠᡊ (zaᠶisang), themselves from Mandarin 宰相 (zǎixiàng, “grand chancellor”).

Questions about zaisan

What does zaisan mean?
Zaisan means a Mongolian leader under Genghis Khan.
What part of speech is zaisan?
Zaisan is a noun.
What is the plural of zaisan?
The plural of zaisan is zaisans.

Words near zaisan in the dictionary

  1. Zairian
  2. Zairianization
  3. Zairians
  4. zairite
  5. Zairization
  6. zaisan
  7. zaisang
  8. zaisangs
  9. zaisans
  10. zaisu
  11. zaitech

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