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Genghis Khan
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Gênghis Khan
English
Alternative forms
2 alt
en Cambuscan Cambyuscan Cambinskan Cambynskan obsolete
en Chinggis Khan Chinggis Khaan
en Chinghis Khan Chingis Khan
en Chinghiz Khan Chinghiz-Khan
en Chingis Kan Chingis-Kan Chingis-kan rare
en Genghis Kan
en Gengis Khan
en Jenghis Khan
en Jengis Khan
en Zingis Khan Zingis Can Zinghis Kan Zinghis Khan
en Chingiz Khan Changiz Khan in Persian contexts rare
en Changej Khan in Indian contexts rare
en Changez Khan Chengez Khan in Pakistani contexts rare
en Cengiz Han in Turkish contexts rare
en Jinkiz Khan in Arab contexts rare
Etymology
From Italian romanization of en xng ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋ ᠬᠠᠭ᠍ᠠᠨ,ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋ ᠬᠠᠨ.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡɛŋ.ɡɪs ˈkɑːn/ /ˈɡɪŋ.ɡɪs ˈkɑːn/ /ˈd͡ʒɛŋ.ɡɪs ˈkɑːn/ /ˈd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡɪs ˈkɑːn/ uncommon
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Genghis Khan.wav Southern England
Proper noun
The founder and first ruler (khan) of the Mongol Empire.
en 1739 1735 P. Du Halde The General History Of China 2nd IV 51344000 https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.0011/ Geographical Obſervations on the Kingdom of Corea 391 https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.0011/page/391/ on 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;
Derived terms
en Genghiskhanid
Related terms
en Chinggisid Genghisid
Translations
Genghis Khan
Albanian: sq Xhingis Han m
Arabic: ar جِنْكِيز خَان m
Armenian: hy Չինգիզ խան
Azerbaijani: az Çingiz xan
Bashkir: ba Сыңғыҙхан
Belarusian: be Чынгісха́н m
Bengali: bn চেঙ্গিজ খান
Bulgarian: bg Чингис ха́н m
Burmese: my ဂျင်ဂစ်ခန်
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 成吉思汗 modern, cmn 成吉思合罕 Chéngjísī Héhǎn archaic, cmn 成吉思皇帝 Chéngjísī Huángdì archaic, cmn 青吉斯汗 archaic, Qing dynasty, cmn 元太祖
Czech: cs Čingischán m
Danish: da Djengis Khan
Dutch: nl Dzjengis Khan m
Esperanto: eo Ĝingis-Ĥano
Estonian: et Tšingis-khaan
Finnish: fi Tšingis-kaani
French: fr Gengis Khan m
Georgian: ka ჩინგიზ-ყაენი
German: de Dschingis Khan m
Greek: el Τζένγκις Χαν m
Hebrew: he ג׳ינגיס ח׳אן m
Hindi: hi चंगेज़ ख़ान m
Hungarian: hu Dzsingisz kán
Italian: it Gengis Khan m
Japanese: ja チンギス・カン Chingisu-Kan, ja ジンギス・カン Jingisu-Kan
Kalmyk: xal Чиңгс Хан
Kazakh: kk Шыңғыс хан
Khmer: km សង់ស៊ីខាន់
Korean: ko ^칭기즈 칸
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb جەنگیز خان
Kyrgyz: ky Чыңгыз Кан
Macedonian: mk Џи́нгис-хан m
Middle Mongol: xng ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋ ᠬᠠᠭ᠍ᠠᠨ, xng ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋ ᠬᠠᠨ
Mongolian: mn Чингис хаан
Mongolian script: mn ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ
Persian:
Dari: prs چِنْگِیز خَان
Iranian Persian: fa-ira چَنْگیز خان
Classical Persian: fa-cls چِنْگِیز خَان
Polish: pl Czyngis-chan m, pl Dżyngis-chan m
Portuguese: pt Gengis Khan m
Romanian: ro Ginghis Han m
Russian: ru Чингисха́н m, ru Чингиз-ха́н m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Џингис Кан m
Latin: sh Džingis Kan m
Slovak: sk Čingischán m
Slovene: sl Džingiskan m
Spanish: es Gengis Kan m
Tajik: tg Чингизхон
Tatar: tt Чыңгыз хан
Thai: th เจงกีสข่าน
Turkish: tr Cengiz Han
Turkmen: tk Çingiz han
Ukrainian: uk Чингісха́н m
Urdu: ur چنگیز خان m caṅgēz xān
Uzbek: uz Chingizxon
Vietnamese: vi Thành Cát Tư Hãn
See also
en Borjigin
en Chagatai
en Jochi
en Temüjin
en Tolui
en Yesugei
en Ögedei
Further reading
en Individuals Mongolia
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
pt Gengis Khan