ترخان

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic descendant of Proto-Turkic *tarkan.

Adjective

ترخان • (tarxân)

  1. free, exempted from tribute or taxes, not amenable to punishment
  2. at large, uncontrolled

Noun

ترخان • (tarxân)

  1. tarkhan
  2. a certain tribe of Turks

Descendants

  • → Georgian: თარხანი (tarxani)
  • → Old Armenian: թարխան (tʻarxan)

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “ترخان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1965), Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)‎[1] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 879, pages 460–474

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