khan 1 (kän, k?n)n.1. A ruler, an official, or an important person in India and some central Asian countries.2. A medieval ruler of a Mongol, Tatar, or Turkish tribe.[Ultimately (partly via Urdu, kh?n) from Persian kh?n, from Old Turkic x?n, title of subordinate Central Asian khans; akin to Old Turkic x???n, overlord of other khans, probably of non-Turkic Central Asian origin. Sense 2, from Middle English caan, chan, from Old French kaan, ultimately (partly via Mongol q?’?n) from Old Turkic x???n.]khan 2 (kän, k?n)n. A caravansary in certain Asian countries.[Arabic ??n, inn, from Persian kh?n, house, from Middle Persian.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.khan (k??n) n1. (Historical Terms) a. (formerly) a title borne by medieval Chinese emperors and Mongol and Turkic rulers: usually added to a name: Kublai Khan. b. such a ruler2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a title of respect borne by important personages in Afghanistan and central Asia[C14: from Old French caan, from Medieval Latin caanus, from Turkish kh?n, contraction of kh?q?n ruler]khan (k??n) nan inn in Turkey, certain Arab countries, etc; caravanserai[C14: via Arabic from Persian ]Khan (k??n) n (Biography) See Imran KhanCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014khan1 (k?n, kæn) n. 1. a title borne by rulers of the empire founded by Genghis Khan, and of the states that succeeded his empire in Asia and European Russia. 2. a title of respect used in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and other countries of Asia. [1350?1400; Middle English Ca(a)n, Chan ultimately