خَانُ

xaAnN xAn A place in which travellers lodge: (Msb:) a place in which travellers pass the night: and the dayor [i. e. monastery, or convent, ] is the xAn of the Christians: (Kull pp. 96 and 97:) or the xAn is for merchants; (S, K;) i. q. funoduqN ; (Har p. 325;) [ a building for the reception of mer chants and travellers and their goods, generally surrounding a square or an oblong court, having, on the ground-floor, vaulted magazines for mer chandise, which face the court, and lodgings, or other magazines, above: a Persian word, arabi cized:] pl. xaAnaAtN (Msb.) ― -b2- Also A shop: or a shop-keeper: (K:) a Persian word, arabicised. (TA.) -A2- [It is also a title of honour, used by the Tartars (who apply it to their Emperor), the Turks (who apply it to the reigning and to a deceased Sultán), and the Persians (who apply it to the governor of a province, and to a man of rank).]