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tarkhan

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

a carpentry caste in Punjab

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

An ancient Central Asian title used by various Turkic, Mongolic and Indo-European (Scythian and Tokharian) peoples, especially in the medieval era, and prominently among the successors of the Mongol Empire; it generally conferred exemption from taxation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਤਰਖਾਣ / تَرکھاݨ (tarkhāṇ).

From a descendant of Proto-Turkic *tarkan, ultimate origin uncertain. See Chinese 單于 (chányú) and the Wikipedia page for more. Doublet of chanyu.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Punjabi: ਤਰਖਾਣ (tarkhāṇ) — caste
  • Punjabi: ترکھان (trkhān) — caste
  • Arabic: طرخان — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Armenian: թարխան (tʻarxan) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Bactrian: ταρχανο (tarkhano) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Buryat: дархан (darxan) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Georgian: თარხანი (tarxani) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Hindi: तरख़ान (tarxān) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Kalmyk: дархн (darxn) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Khamnigan Mongol: дархан (darxan) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Manchu: ᡩᠠᡵᡥᠠᠨ (darhan) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠷᠬᠠᠨ (darqan) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Mongolian: дархан (darxan) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰣 — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Persian: ترخان (tarxân) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Russian: тархан (tarxan) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Tatar: тархан (tarxan) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Turkish: tarkan — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Ottoman Turkish: تارخان (tarkan) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Tuvan: дарган (dargan) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Tuvan: дарга (darga) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Written Oirat: ᡑᠠᠷᡍᠠᠨ (darxan) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title
  • Yakut: дархан (darqan) — ancient Central Asian/Turkic title