Meanings
kazan1
plural kazans
- a cauldron or cooking pot used in Central Asian cuisine
A proper kazan also has to be well greased by constant use — it should never be washed with water, or, God forbid, actually scrubbed and scoured. The Uzbeks just wipe it carefully with an oiled cloth; and they will insist and I will second this — that the older the kazan, the better the pilaf.
1990, Anya Von Bremzen, John Welchman, Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook
Kazan2
- historicalthe Khanate of Kazan, a Tatar Turkic state that occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552.
Kazan3
Origin
kazan · noun
- Turkic
- Russianказа́н
- Englishkazan
Borrowed from Russian каза́н (kazán), from a Turkic language. Cognate with Azerbaijani qazan, Kazakh қазан (qazan), Turkish kazan, Uzbek qozon.
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Full word history & related roots →Kazan · proper noun
- RussianКаза́нь
- RussianКаза́нь
- EnglishKazan
Borrowed from Russian Каза́нь (Kazánʹ).
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Full word history & related roots →Kazan · proper noun
- GreekΚαζάν
- TurkishKazan
- Hebrewחַזָּן“Jewish cantor”
- EnglishKazan
Various origins: * Borrowed from Hebrew חַזָּן (khazán, “Jewish cantor”), an occupational surname. * Borrowed from Turkish Kazan, a metonymic occupational surname from kazan (“kettle, boiler, cauldron”). * Borrowed from Greek Καζάν (Kazán), a metonymic occupational surname that derives from the same Turkish word.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قَازَان, قَزَان
- قَازَان (qāzān)city in Russia
- قَزَان (qazān)city in Russia
Bengali কাজান
- কাজান (kajan)city in Russia
Bulgarian Каза́н
- Каза́н (Kazán)city in Russia
Chinese Mandarin 喀山
- 喀山 (Kāshān)city in Russia
Czech Kazaň
- Kazaňcity in Russia
Danish Kazan
- Kazancity in Russia
Dutch Kazan
- Kazancity in Russia
Esperanto Kazano
- Kazanocity in Russia
Finnish Kazan
- Kazancity in Russia
French Kazan
- Kazancity in Russia
German Kasan
- Kasancity in Russia
Greek Καζάν
- Καζάν (Kazán)city in Russia
Hebrew קאזאן
- קאזאן (kazan)city in Russia
Hindi कज़ान
- कज़ान (kazān)city in Russia
Hungarian kazán, bogrács
- kazáncauldron or cooking pot
- bográcscauldron or cooking pot
- üstcauldron or cooking pot
- kotlacauldron or cooking pot
- Kazanycity in Russia
Italian Kazan'
- Kazan'city in Russia
Japanese カザン
- カザンcity in Russia
Korean 카잔
- 카잔 (Kajan)city in Russia
Latin Casanum, Kazanum
- Casanumcity in Russia
- Kazanumcity in Russia
Latvian Kazaņa
- Kazaņacity in Russia
Lithuanian Kazanė
- Kazanėcity in Russia
Persian قازان, کازان
- قازان (qâzân)city in Russia
- کازان (kâzân)city in Russia
- غازان (ġâzân)city in Russia
Polish Kazań
- Kazańcity in Russia
Portuguese Cazã
- Cazãcity in Russia
Romanian Kazan
- Kazancity in Russia
Russian каза́н, Каза́нь
- каза́н (kazán)cauldron or cooking pot
- Каза́нь (Kazánʹ)city in Russia
Slovak Kazaň
- Kazaňcity in Russia
Spanish Kazán
- Kazáncity in Russia
Swedish Kazan
- Kazancity in Russia
Tamil கசான்
- கசான் (kacāṉ)city in Russia
Thai คาซาน
- คาซาน (kaa-saan)city in Russia
Turkish kazan, Kazan
- kazancauldron or cooking pot
- Kazancity in Russia
Ukrainian Каза́нь
- Каза́нь (Kazánʹ)city in Russia
Urdu قازان
- قازان (qāzān)city in Russia
Vietnamese Kazan
- Kazancity in Russia
Welsh Kazan’
- Kazan’city in Russia
Cite this entry
kazan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kazan
“kazan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kazan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kazan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kazan.
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