‖ khakan
(kɑːˈkɑːn)
Also khacan.
[Turkī (hence Pers. and Arab.) khāqān king, emperor, Great Khan: see chagan and khan1.]
A Tartar ruler: a khan.
| 1777 J. Richardson Dissert. East Nat. 26 The Khakan used often to preside at their exercises of genius. 1859 C. Forster Primeval Lang., Mon. Assyria 314 note, When the present khacan shall have departed, this man will succeed to the throne. |
Hence khaˈkanship, the office of khakan.
| 1859 C. Forster Primeval Lang., Mon. Assyria 314 note, They give the khacanship only to Jews. |