Genghis Khan

See also: Gênghis Khan

English

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Italian romanization of Middle Mongol ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋
ᠬᠠᠭ᠍ᠠᠨ (činggis qaɣan), ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋
ᠬᠠᠨ (činggis qan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛŋ.ɡɪs ˈkɑːn/, /ˈɡɪŋ.ɡɪs ˈkɑːn/, (uncommon) /ˈd͡ʒɛŋ.ɡɪs ˈkɑːn/, /ˈd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡɪs ˈkɑːn/

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Proper noun

Genghis Khan

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

• Chinggisid

Translations

Genghis Khan

• 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: (modern) 成吉思汗 (zh) (Chéngjísīhán), (archaic) 成吉思合罕 (Chéngjísī Héhǎn), (archaic) 成吉思皇帝 (Chéngjísī Huángdì), (archaic, Qing dynasty) 青吉斯汗, 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: ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋
  ᠬᠠᠭ᠍ᠠᠨ (činggis qaɣan), ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋
  ᠬᠠᠨ (činggis qan)
• Mongolian: Чингис хаан (Čingis xaan)

  Mongolian script: ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ
  ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (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

  Latin: 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

See also

• Borjigin
• Chagatai
• Jochi
• Temüjin
• Tolui
• Yesugei
• Ögedei

Further reading

• “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, 2011–present.
• “Genghis Khan”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “Genghis Khan”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Genghis Khan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Genghis Khan m

1. alternative form of Gengis Khan