Khanpasha
Ханпаша
Joins khan, a Turkic word for a ruler, with pasha, the senior Ottoman military and civil rank.
Meaning and origin
Khanpasha strings together two titles rather than growing from one root: khan, the old Turkic and Mongol word for a sovereign, and pasha, the high military and administrative rank the Ottoman Empire granted to its…
How to pronounce Khanpasha
| English (US) | hahn-PAH-shah /hɑːnˈpɑːʃə/ |
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