Where does “Kahn” come from?
Kahn comes from Hebrew כהן, meaning priest.
Ancestry of “Kahn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Cohen | A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest Aaron, brother of Moses |
| 2 | Hebrew | כהן | defective spelling of כוהן; defective spelling of... |
| 3 | Hebrew | כוהן | A Jewish priest, a cohen or kohen: a patrilineal... |
Words derived from “Kahn”