Etymology

khatun

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Today it means: A lady or wife in certain Central Asian communities. Full definition →

Persian خاتون ← Sogdian [script needed] ← Proto-Common Turkic *xātun
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  1. Proto-Common Turkic · derived from*xātun
  2. Sogdian · derived from[script needed]“queen”
  3. Persian · borrowed fromخاتون
  4. English todaykhatun

From Persian خاتون (xâtun), ultimately probably from Sogdian [script needed] (γwtʾynh /⁠xwatēn, xutēn⁠/, “queen”) either directly or via Proto-Common Turkic *xātun.

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