ykhoun

Updated: May 22, 2025

The lower classes of the Arabs have discovered a fanciful confirmation of their charge against the Turks in one of the Grand Signor's titles, Khan, an ancient Tatar word, which in Arabic signifies "he betrayed," being the preterite of the verb ykhoun, "to betray."

John Lewis Burckhardt - Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred