khanate

«khanate» in Mova's school dictionary: a land or state ruled by a khan, a ruler of Mongol or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a khanate, khanates)

meaning for a pupil

1) A khanate is a land or state ruled by a khan, a ruler of Mongol or Turkic peoples. tree →

2) It also means the power or rule of a khan. tree →

sense in the lessons

Met in history lessons about Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire, the Golden Horde and the Crimean Khanate; it tells the reader the place was a kingdom ruled by a khan. Phrases: the Crimean Khanate, the Khanate of Kazan, a powerful khanate.

examples

• The Mongol Empire split into several khanates. tree →
• The Crimean Khanate lasted for more than three hundred years. tree →
• Each khanate had its own khan. tree →
• Our history book shows a map of the Golden Horde khanate. tree →
• The khanate collected taxes from the towns it ruled. tree →
• Moscow was once forced to pay tribute to a khanate. tree →
• Kazan was the capital of a khanate. tree →

note

Countable noun: one khanate, two khanates. It is built from «khan» + «-ate», like «sultanate» or «emirate». Say «a khanate» (the k sounds hard). Do not confuse «khan» (a ruler) with the ordinary word «can».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «khanate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.