خاتون

See also: حاتون‎

Hazaragi

Etymology

From Persian خاتون‎ (xātūn).

Noun

خاتون (xātūn)

  1. woman, lady

References
  • G. K. Dulling, The Hazaragi dialect of Afghan Persian (1973)

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Sogdian 𐼶𐼴𐽂𐼰𐼷𐼻𐼳‎‎ (γwtʾynh /xwatēn, xutēn/, “queen”), perhaps via Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫑𐫀𐫎𐫇𐫗‎ (xʾṯwn /xātūn, qātūn/, “Lady, an Uighur female title”) from Common Turkic *xātun.

Compare Turkish kadın (“woman”), Old Turkic 𐰴𐱃𐰆𐰣‎ (qatun, “queen”), Karakhanid قاتُونْ‎ (qātūn, “noble woman”).

Noun

خاتون • (xâtun)

  1. lady, matron
  2. noblewoman

Descendants

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خاتون‎ (xātūn).

Noun

خاتون • (xātūn) f (Hindi spelling ख़ातून) (plural خواتین‎ (xavātīn))

  1. lady
  2. first lady

References
  • Bashir Ahmad Qureshi, Standard Twentieth Century Dictionary, Urdu into English (Delhi, 1988), p. 280
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