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khanate

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkɑːneɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N EY0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The polity ruled by a khan, comprising one or more tribes or clans; a state or dominion ruled by this polity; its territory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of khanate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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3

noun

Meaning 3

the position of a khan

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation

4

noun

Meaning 4

the realm of a khan

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: domain, demesne, land

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English khan Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātusder. English -ate English khanate From khan + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَانِيَّة (ḵāniyya) — place ruled by a khan
  • Armenian: խանություն (xanutʻyun) — place ruled by a khan
  • Azerbaijani: xanlıq — place ruled by a khan
  • Bashkir: ханлыҡ (xanlıq) — place ruled by a khan
  • Bulgarian: ха́нство (hánstvo) — place ruled by a khan
  • Catalan: kanat — place ruled by a khan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 汗國 /汗国 (hánguó) — place ruled by a khan
  • Crimean Tatar: hanlığ — place ruled by a khan
  • Czech: chanát — place ruled by a khan
  • Dutch: kanaat — place ruled by a khan
  • Dutch: khanaat — place ruled by a khan
  • Finnish: kaanikunta — place ruled by a khan
  • Finnish: kaanaatti — place ruled by a khan
  • French: khanat — place ruled by a khan
  • French: kanat — place ruled by a khan
  • Galician: khanato — place ruled by a khan
  • Georgian: სახანო (saxano) — place ruled by a khan
  • German: Chanat — place ruled by a khan
  • German: Khanat — place ruled by a khan
  • Greek: χανάτο (chanáto) — place ruled by a khan
  • Hindi: ख़ानियत (xāniyat) — place ruled by a khan
  • Hungarian: kánság — place ruled by a khan
  • Italian: khanato — place ruled by a khan
  • Italian: canato — place ruled by a khan
  • Kazakh: хандық (xandyq) — place ruled by a khan
  • Kumyk: ханлыкъ (xanlıq) — place ruled by a khan
  • Kyrgyz: хандык (handık) — place ruled by a khan
  • Latin: chānātus — place ruled by a khan
  • Latvian: haniste — place ruled by a khan
  • Lithuanian: chanãtas — place ruled by a khan
  • Mongolian: ханлиг (xanlig) — place ruled by a khan
  • Mongolian: хант улс (xant uls) — place ruled by a khan
  • Mongolian: хант аймаг (xant ajmag) — place ruled by a khan
  • Persian: خانِیَت (xāniyat) — place ruled by a khan
  • Polish: chanat — place ruled by a khan
  • Portuguese: canato — place ruled by a khan
  • Portuguese: canado — place ruled by a khan
  • Romanian: hanat — place ruled by a khan
  • Russian: ха́нство (xánstvo) — place ruled by a khan
  • Spanish: kanato — place ruled by a khan
  • Swedish: khanat — place ruled by a khan
  • Tatar: ханлык (xanlıq) — place ruled by a khan
  • Turkish: hanlık — place ruled by a khan
  • Ottoman Turkish: خانلق (hanlık) — place ruled by a khan
  • Turkmen: hanlyk — place ruled by a khan
  • Ukrainian: ха́нство (xánstvo) — place ruled by a khan
  • Urdu: خانِیَت (xāniyat) — place ruled by a khan
  • Uyghur: خانلىق (xanliq) — place ruled by a khan
  • Uzbek: xonlik — place ruled by a khan
Real reading context

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