Etymology

Karakhanid

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Today it means: Of or relating to this language or the people who speak it. Full definition →

Classical Persian قراخانیان ← Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺𐰀 ← Proto-Turkic *kara
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The story

  1. Proto-Turkic · derived from*kara
  2. Old Turkic · derived from𐰴𐰺𐰀“black; courageous”
  3. Classical Persian · borrowed fromقراخانیان
  4. English todayKarakhanid

Borrowed from Classical Persian قراخانیان (qarāxāniyān), of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (k¹r¹a, “black; courageous”) (from Proto-Turkic *kara) + 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (k¹g¹n¹, “khan, ruler”) (corresponding to modern English khan).

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