Can (sweat) - Can

Japanese: カン(汗) - かん
Can (sweat) - Can

…the title of a nomadic chieftain. Also called khan or khan (kan). Originally a title used by the Altai Turks and Mongolians of the north on the Mongolian plateau, it was derived from qaghan (transliterated into Chinese characters as kahan) or its shortened form qan (kan). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "kan (sweat)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…遊牧民の族長の称号。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。…

※「カン(汗)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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