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Where does “Kahn” come from?

Kahn comes from Hebrew כהן, meaning priest.

Ancestry of “Kahn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCohen—
2Hebrewכהןdefective spelling of כוהן; defective spelling of...
3HebrewכוהןA Jewish priest, a cohen or kohen: a patrilineal...
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