Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

See also: Gênghis Khan

English

Alternative forms

• Gengis Khan
• Chinggis Khan, Chinggis Khaan
• Chinghiz Khan, Chinghiz-Khan
• Chinghis Khan; Chingis Khan
• Cengiz Han (rare, in Turkish contexts)
• Genghis Kan
• Chingis Kan, Chingis-Kan, Chingis-kan (rare)
• Jenghis Khan
• Jengis Khan

Etymology

Italian romanization of Mongolian ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ
ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (čiŋɣis qaɣan), Чингис хаан (Čingis xaan)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛŋɡɪs ˈkɑːn/, (proscribed) /ˈɡɛŋɡɪs ˈkɑːn/

Proper noun

Genghis Khan (uncountable)

1. The founder and first ruler (khan) of the Mongol Empire.
   • [1739 [1735], Du Halde, P., “Geographical Obſervations on the Kingdom of Corea”, in The General History Of China‎, volume IV, Second edition, OCLC 51344000, page 391:

     [...]the Founder of that Family, who took the Name of Yuen, and who is known in Europe by the Name of Zing hi, or Zing his kan, but whom the Chineſe Hiſtory calls Tchin bi ſe, and Tai tſou, after he had conquer’d the King had thoughts of carrying the War into Corea: His General, called Leou co immediately made himſelf Mafter of the Towns ſituated upon the Eaſt of the River Ya lou;[...]]

Related terms

• Chinggisid

Translations

Genghis Khan

Albanian: Xhingis Han m Arabic: جِنْكِيز خَان‎ m (jinkīz ḵān) Armenian: Չինգիզ խան (Čʿingiz xan) Azerbaijani: Çingiz xan Bashkir: Сыңғыҙхан (Sıŋğıðxan) Belarusian: Чынгісха́н m (Čynhisxán) Bengali: চেঙ্গিজ খান (ceṅgij khan) Bulgarian: Чингис ха́н m (Čingis hán) Burmese: ဂျင်ဂစ်ခန် (gyanggachkan) Chinese: Mandarin: 成吉思汗 (zh) (Chéngjísīhán) Czech: Čingischán m Danish: Djengis Khan Dutch: Dzjengis Khan m Esperanto: Ĝingis-Ĥano (eo) Estonian: Tšingis-khaan Finnish: Tšingis-kaani French: Gengis Khan (fr) m Georgian: ჩინგიზ-ყაენი (čingiz-q̇aeni) German: Dschingis Khan (de) m Greek: Τζένγκις Χαν m (Tzéngkis Chan) Hebrew: ג׳ינגיס ח׳אן‎ m Hindi: चंगेज़ ख़ान m (caṅgez xān) Hungarian: Dzsingisz kán Italian: Gengis Khan m Japanese: チンギス・カン (Chingisu-Kan), ジンギス・カン (Jingisu-Kan) Kalmyk: Чиңгс Хан (Chinggs Han) Kazakh: Шыңғыс хан (Şyñğys xan) Khmer: សង់ស៊ីខាន់ (sɑngsii khan) Korean: 칭기즈 칸 (Chinggijeu kan) Kyrgyz: Чыңгыз Кан (Çıŋgız Kan) Macedonian: Џи́нгис-хан m (Džíngis-han) Mongolian: Чингис хаан (Čingis xaan) Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (čiŋɣis qaɣan) Persian: چنگیزخان‎ (čangiz-xân) Polish: Czyngis-chan m, Dżyngis-chan m Portuguese: Gengis Khan m Romanian: Ginghis Han m Russian: Чингисха́н (ru) m (Čingisxán), Чингиз-ха́н (ru) m (Čingiz-xán) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Џингис Кан m Roman: Džingis Kan m Slovak: Čingischán m Slovene: Džingiskan m Spanish: Gengis Kan m Tajik: Чингизхон (Čingizxon) Tatar: Чыңгыз хан (Çıñgız xan) Thai: เจงกีสข่าน (jeeng-gìit-kàan) Turkish: Cengiz Han (tr) Turkmen: Çingiz han Ukrainian: Чингісха́н m (Čynhisxán) Urdu: چنگیز خان‎ m (caṅgēz xān) Uzbek: Chingizxon Vietnamese: Thành Cát Tư Hãn

Further reading

• Genghis Khan at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Genghis Khan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “Genghis Khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Genghis Khan”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Genghis Khan”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Genghis Khan m

1. Alternative form of Gengis Khan