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Today, the term is used as a way to respectfully address women of any social rank. "Khanum" can be understood as equivalent of "madam", or more colloquially, "ma'am" in some
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Henning, W. B., 'A Farewell to the Khagan of the Aq-Aqataran',"Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African studies – University of London", Vol 14, No 3, p 501–522
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In the original meaning "begum" and "khanum" are the feminine equivalents or counterparts of "beg" and "khan"—like the English "lord" and "lady".
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for a sovereign or military ruler, widely used by medieval nomadic
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Turco-Mongolian honorific title; female equivalent of "khan"
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The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia now
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confederation for their chief between 283 and 289. The
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Uzbek
Kazakh
Mongolian
Azerbaijani
Turkish
Arabic
Persian
Hindi
Bengali
Urdu
Albanian
royal
aristocratic
Central Asian
Middle East
South Asia
feminine
Khan
Turkic peoples
Mongol
China
Turkic languages
Xianbei
Rourans
Khagan
Chanyu
Xiongnu
René Grousset
Turkic
Turkish

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