khanate
/ˈxɑːneɪt/noun
khanate is a noun meaning “The polity ruled by a khan, comprising one or more tribes or clans; a state or dominion ruled by this polity; its territory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-H-A-N-A-T-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of khanate is khanates.
What does khanate mean?
noun
- 1
The polity ruled by a khan, comprising one or more tribes or clans; a state or dominion ruled by this polity; its territory.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of khanate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce khanate?
- /ˈxɑːneɪt/
- /ˈkɑːneɪt/
- British [ˈqʰɑːnɛjt]
Khanate has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of khanate
- khanates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is khanate?
Khanate appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Khanate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense place ruled by a khan:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does khanate come from?
From khan + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).