Where does “Ұлхан” come from?

Ұлхан (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh хан, from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠨ.

Ancestry of “Ұлхан”, step by step

Ұлхан traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh хан

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhханkhan
2Classical Mongolianᠬᠠᠨ—

via Kazakh ұл

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhұлson
2Proto-Turkicogulson
Every word from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠨ →Every word from Kazakh хан →