tarkhan

Etymology

 * perhaps or . Ligeti (1975) and Doerfer (1985) rejected Turkic etymology, both pointing to tarkhan's obviously non-Turkic plural form tarkhat. See the  page for more information.

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Georgian: თარხანი
 * Ottoman Turkish: تارخان
 * Persian:
 * Russian:
 * Tatar: тархан
 * Turkish: tarkan