qan

Japanese: qan
qan

…also called khan or khan (kan). Originally a title used by the northern nomads of the Altai Turks and Mongols on the Mongolian Plateau, it was derived from qaghan (transliterated from Chinese characters as 可漢) or its shortened form カン (khan). It was first seen in historical documents at the end of the 4th century when the chief of Rouran, Shelun, called himself Kültebüri Qaghan. Later, the Turks who founded states in North and Central Asia called themselves Kültebüri Qaghan. Turk It was widely used throughout the empire.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "qan" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ハン,カーン(カン)とも呼ばれる。もともとはアルタイ系のトルコ,モンゴル系の北方遊牧民がモンゴル高原において使っていた称号で,カガンqaghan(漢字の転写で〈可汗〉)ないしは,それがつづまったカンqan(〈汗〉)がもとの形である。4世紀末の柔然の族長,社崙(しやろん)が丘豆伐可汗Kültebüri Qaghanと称したのが史料にみえる最初で,その後,北アジア,中央アジアに建国したトルコ系の突厥帝国内で広く用いられた。…

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