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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:Genghis KhanWikipedia

Alternative forms

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• Gengis Khan
• Chinggis Khan, Chinggis Khaan
• Chinghiz Khan, Chinghiz-Khan
• Chinghis Khan; Chingis Khan
• Cengiz Han (rare, in Turkish contexts)
• Changez Khan; Chengez Khan (chiefly in Pakistani contexts)
• Changej Khan (rare, in Indian contexts)
• Genghis Kan
• Chingis Kan, Chingis-Kan, Chingis-kan (rare)
• Jenghis Khan
• Jengis Khan
• Zingis Khan
• Cambuscan

Etymology

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Italian romanization of Middle Mongol ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋ᠬᠠᠭ᠍ᠠᠨ (činggis qaɣan), ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋ᠬᠠᠨ (činggis qan).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈɡɛŋɡɪs ˈkɑːn/, (uncommon) /ˈd͡ʒɛŋɡɪs ˈkɑːn/

Proper noun

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Genghis Khan (uncountable)

1. The founder and first ruler (khan) of the Mongol Empire.
   • [1739 [1735], P. Du Halde, “Geographical Obſervations on the Kingdom of Corea”, in The General History Of China‎[1], 2nd edition, volume IV, →OCLC, 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

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• Chinggisid

Translations

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Albanian: Xhingis Han m Arabic: جِنْكِيز خَان m (jinkīz ḵān) Armenian: Չինգիզ խան (Čʻingiz xan) Azerbaijani: Çingiz xan Bashkir: Сыңғыҙхан (Sıñğıźxan) 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) (modern), 成吉思合罕 (Chéngjísī Héhǎn) (archaic), 成吉思皇帝 (Chéngjísī Huángdì) (archaic), 青吉斯汗 (Qing dynasty), 元太祖 (yuán Tàizǔ) 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 (Çiñgs Xan) Kazakh: Шыңғыс хан (Şyñğys xan) Khmer: សង់ស៊ីខាន់ (sɑngsii khan) Korean: 칭기즈 칸 (Chinggijeu kan) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: جەنگیز خان (cengîz xan) Kyrgyz: Чыңгыз Кан (Cıŋgız Kan) Macedonian: Џи́нгис-хан m (Džíngis-han) Middle Mongol: ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋ᠬᠠᠭ᠍ᠠᠨ (činggis qaɣan), ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋ᠬᠠᠨ (činggis qan) Mongolian: Чингис хаан (Čingis xaan) Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (činggis 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 (Çıñğız 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

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• “Genghis Khan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Genghis Khan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “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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Proper noun

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Genghis Khan m

1. alternative form of Gengis Khan

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