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Unfurnished building for the accommodation of travellers in the Middle East, etc. A caravanserai.

Highway inn for travelers, or a warehouse for merchandise. Khans were built as rest stops for travelers and caravans. A khan was also an urban complex for storing merchandise and hosting merchants.

(From Turkish khan and Mongolian qa'an "ruler.") A ruler of a Mongol or Turkic people. The Mongols and Turkic peoples (from which modern day Turks are descendent) are distantly related. The Turks began migrating from Central Asia toward the Middle East after accepting the Sunni faith in the 7th century.

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• Titles of Rank - khan: local chieftain or man of rank in countries of central Asia

Not to be confused with Kahn.

Look up khan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Khan may refer to:

• a caravanserai
• Khan (band), an English progressive rock band in the 70s
• Khan (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Khan!, a 1975 US television series
• Khan (Cambodia), a municipal subdivision of the administrative divisions of Cambodia
• Khan River, an ephemeral river in Namibia
• Khan Academy, a non-for-profit educational organization
• Khan, former ring name of retired professional wrester Batista

People

• Khan (title), a title for a ruler in Turkic and Mongolian languagesand also used by Afghans/Pashtuns for chiefs and noblemen.
• Khan (surname), a family name (and list of people with the name).

See also

• Orhan or Orkhan
• My Name Is Khan is a asperger film.
• Azmat Khan, the patronymic used by the descendants of Sayyid Abd al-Malik Azmat Khan
• Khanum, the female form of the title Khan
• Khanzada or Khan Zadeh, son of Khan, a title and surname used in Pakistan as well as two Muslim Rajput communities found in North India
• Khan Bahadur, a title of honour issued by British India to Muslims who performed any significant deeds of service to the nation or community.
• Sahara Khan, a cultural center in the suburbs of Cairo, Egypt.
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, which refers to Khan Noonien Singh.
• Tian Kehan, title addressed to emperors of China's Tang Dynasty
• Kan (disambiguation)
• Kaan (disambiguation)
• Caan (disambiguation)
• Kahn (disambiguation)
• Han (disambiguation) - Orhan I
• Xan

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - kan

2.
n. - karavanserai

Nederlands (Dutch)
khan, Aziatische vorstentitel, karavanserai

Français (French)
1.
n. - khan

2.
n. - auberge

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Khan

2.
n. - Karawanserei

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χαν, ηγέτης

Italiano (Italian)
can, capo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - governador (m), oficial (m) (f) ou pessoa (f) importante na Índia

Русский (Russian)
хан, караван-сарай

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - kan, título nobiliario en la India

2.
n. - posada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - khan

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 汗, 可汗

2. 小客栈, 商队客店

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 小客棧, 商隊客店

2.
n. - 汗, 可汗

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 중세의 타타르, 몽고 등 여러 부족의 지배자, 귀족, 고관의 존칭

2.
n. - 여인숙, 숙박소

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 汗, 隊商の宿舎

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لقب خليفه جنكيز خان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שליט תורכי או מונגולי, חאן‬
n. - ‮פונדק, חאן‬

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