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khanum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
khanum
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Female equivalent of khan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خانم, from Proto-Turkic *kagan. Compare Old Anatolian Turkish خانم (ḫānum), Chagatai خانِم (xānım), and Classical Persian خانم (xānum), a Turkic borrowing. Compare begum for an analogous development.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

khanums (plural) khanoum (alternative)

Questions

What does khanum mean?
Female equivalent of khan.
Where does khanum come from?
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خانم, from Proto-Turkic *kagan. Compare Old Anatolian Turkish خانم (ḫānum), Chagatai خانِم (xānım), and Classical Persian خانم (xānum), a Turkic borrowing. Compare begum for an analogous development.

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