English
khatun
Khatun comes from Persian خاتون ‘lady, matron’, from Sogdian 𐼶𐼴𐽂𐼰𐼷𐼻𐼳 ‘queen’, and ultimately from Proto-Iranian *hwatā́wHā ‘lord, sovereign, king’.
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*hwatā́wHā‘lord, sovereign, king’reconstructed
- Proto-Iranian, derivedprehistoric (reconstructed)*hwatā́wHniH‘queen, lady, consort’reconstructedfeminine form of *hwatā́wHā
- Sogdianmodern𐼶𐼴𐽂𐼰𐼷𐼻𐼳γwtʾynh‘queen’
- xmnmodern𐫑𐫀𐫎𐫇𐫗xʾṯwn‘lady, a Sogdian female title’
- Persianc. 900–presentخاتونxâtun‘lady, matron’by way of Proto-Common Turkic *xātun
- Englishearliest quotation 2003khatun
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*hwatā́wHā‘lord, sovereign, king’reconstructed
- Proto-Iranian, derivedprehistoric (reconstructed)*hwatā́wHniH‘queen, lady, consort’reconstructedfeminine form of *hwatā́wHā
- Sogdianmodern𐼶𐼴𐽂𐼰𐼷𐼻𐼳γwtʾynh‘queen’
- xmnmodern𐫑𐫀𐫎𐫇𐫗xʾṯwn‘lady, a Sogdian female title’
- Persianc. 900–presentخاتونxâtun‘lady, matron’by way of Proto-Common Turkic *xātun
- Englishearliest quotation 2003khatun
Earliest quotation: 2003, Carole Hillenbrand, Women in the Seljuq Period: “For example, according to Ibn al-Jawzi, thew wife of…”
The story
From Persian خاتون (xâtun), ultimately probably from Sogdian [script needed] (γwtʾynh /xwatēn, xutēn/, “queen”) either directly or via Proto-Common Turkic *xātun.
Every English word from Proto-Iranian *hwatā́wHā
Today it means
noun A lady or wife in certain Central Asian communities.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Iranian *hwatā́wHā / khatun