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hatun.

khatun

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/hɑːˈtun/

  1. khatun

  2. an attractive young woman

    slang

  3. wife

    archaic · dialectal

  4. lady, noble woman

    archaic
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Iranian *hwatā́wHniHder. Khotanese *hvatunä, *hvatuñabor. Sogdian 𐼶𐼰𐽂𐼴𐼻 (xʾtwn)bor. Proto-Turkic *xātun Old Anatolian Turkish خاتون (ḫātūn) Ottoman Turkish خاتون (hâtûn) Turkish hatun Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خاتون (hâtûn), from Old Anatolian Turkish خاتون (ḫātūn), from Proto-Turkic *xātun, borrowed from Sogdian 𐼶𐼰𐽂𐼴𐼻 (xʾtwn), borrowed from Khotanese *hvatunä, *hvatuña, from Proto-Iranian *hwatā́wHniH. Cognate with Chagatai خاتون (xʾtwn). Doublet of kadın.

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