Last name "Khan": Question

[Kushan Prince]

khel is the same as flock like flock of birds its a reference to a tribe. like Tota khel that means literally a floc of parrots.

get some education you juvenile delinquent.gl

I know what khel means nimrod, but that's not what i was asking.

Stop trying to pose as a government agent. What the hell is gl. Are you a bot?

[$hiva]

Khel means "to come from" moron! That khel is totally different from what your referring to.

Stop trying to pose as a government agent. Think your so tough with your slenderman pic?

Listen you pig-headed Uzbak, his right, Khel means flock and its what the tribes use to refer to themselves. We don't give a damn about what you think.

[Mr. X]

that is right kushan prince. if you don't behave we'll make you wear a skirt and we'll call you kushan princess.

[Kushan Prince]

Listen you pig-headed Uzbak, his right, Khel means flock and its what the tribes use to refer to themselves. We don't give a damn about what you think.

No it doesn't. Go believe in fairy tales if you want.

And who the hell are you two?

[Kushan Prince]

that is right kushan prince. if you don't behave we'll make you wear a skirt and we'll call you kushan princess.

Are you a bot?

[Tjanaparh]

Huh? i am confused. "Khel" is a pashto word meaning "to come from" and used by pashtun tribes.

Yes brother, but not in this case, its the same like in the word before"Ishkhan"=ruler, "ishkhel"=to rule.
Armenian verbs finish with -el, that there is a "khel" is a casuality, he root of the word is "ishkh-" (rule).
But you should have noticed an other similarity, the ending of armenian inifinite verb seems similar to the Pashto one.

We don't have the word "Khel".
In dialect we have the word "Khalkh", but its a foreign word, i think from arabic.
For tribes we use te word "Tsegh"
And for slighter divisions the word "Azg".These words are rooted in our language.

[Tjanaparh]

Khan could also have its origins in the Jewish surname Cohen.

Not in this case, it comes froom Turkic, mongolian and these names are very easyly translatable:

Amirkhan (Amir from Arabic, Khan from Turkic...)
Karakhan (Black ruler)
Sarukhan ( Bright ruler)
Musakhan ( Ruler Musa, Isa, Murad.......)
You can find these names not only among us but Turkmens too for example. It is their influence during invasions that led to this kind of family names.

We have many foreign titels in family names now: Amir, KHan, Malik, Bek, Shah.....( some examples Amiryan, Karakhanyan, Meliqyan, Karabekyan, Shahnazaryan, ore more funny Jigarkhanyan)

[Shamlawar Khurasani]

Huh? i am confused. "Khel" is a pashto word meaning "to come from" and used by pashtun tribes.

This isnt funny anymore. Please stop it. Have some mercy for yourself

[Tjanaparh]

Huh? i am confused. "Khel" is a pashto word meaning "to come from" and used by pashtun tribes.

Again, i didn't pay attention to your question.
So if there is a verb "khel" that means to come from as You said, it may be similar to Gal=to come in Armenian , in dialect they say Qel instead of Gal.

[Khostai]

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[Kushan Prince]

Yes brother, but not in this case, its the same like in the word before"Ishkhan"=ruler, "ishkhel"=to rule.
Armenian verbs finish with -el, that there is a "khel" is a casuality, he root of the word is "ishkh-" (rule).
But you should have noticed an other similarity, the ending of armenian inifinite verb seems similar to the Pashto one.

We don't have the word "Khel".
In dialect we have the word "Khalkh", but its a foreign word, i think from arabic.
For tribes we use te word "Tsegh"
And for slighter divisions the word "Azg".These words are rooted in our language.

Ahh i see. Thanks for clearing up the confusion brother. I've also noticed that the Armenian proverb to identify who is Armenian is "Ian" right? I've noticed a lot of Armenians carrying this in their last name. Kind of like how pashtuns use "khel" or "zai" to identify that they are Pashtun.

[Kushan Prince]

This isnt funny anymore. Please stop it. Have some mercy for yourself

Ay man chillout. Can't we all get along? I don't go calling you at as kufar caller and a wannabe mullah now do i? Oh damm, now i did. Learn not to be such a bigot my friend.

[$hiva]

No it doesn't. Go believe in fairy tales if you want.

I can only believe in a fairy tale when a fairy is involved, otherwise its a nightmare. Imagine a nightmare, like being married to a heroin addict. For example a woman played World of WarCraft for so long that her baby died of starvation. That is a nightmare.

[Kushan Prince]

Since we are talking about Khans....



No one is superior to this Khan.

[tor_khan]

Padshah is not the same as Pacha though. I don't how many times i have heard this from my both my dad and other pashtuns.

Dad and few other Pashtuns have final say. How could we refute that?

I have to agree with Shamlawar Khorosani on this one.

Baadshah = Bacha = Pacha = Paadshah etc.

Khan has many other varieties (Xan, Han etc. stretching across Central Asia from Turkey to China and so on), and like the commentators here already have said, it means something in the region of lord, prince, etc.