Where does “Әлиханұлы” come from?

Әлиханұлы (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh Әлихан, from Kazakh хан, from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠨ.

Ancestry of “Әлиханұлы”, step by step

Әлиханұлы traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh Әлихан

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KazakhӘлихан—
2Kazakhханkhan
3Classical Mongolianᠬᠠᠨ—

via Kazakh ұлы

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhұлыgreat
2Proto-Turkiculugbig, great, grown-up; big, great
Every word from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠨ →Every word from Kazakh хан →Every word from Kazakh Әлихан →