Darkhan
Darkhan (Mongolian: Дархан) is a craftsman or an honorary privilege in the Mongolian language.
It can also refer to:
- "a generous king" in the Kazakh language.
- in Turkic, it is a title (a position at the khan's court) that grants a person the right to freely enter and leave the khan's tent. Darkhan had a right of 9-fold pardon, that could be inherited through 9 generations. This title also meant that a person was free from tax obligations.
- as an adjective in the Kazakh language it also has a meaning of "spacious" or "unlimited".
- "Darkhan" means "the blacksmith" among buryat culture. Traditionally, buryats believed that the first blacksmith(darkhan) lived in Heaven and he had a gift of forging happiness between husband and wife.
Places
[edit]Mongolia
[edit]- Darkhan-Uul Province, an aimag (province)
- Darkhan (city), the capital of Darkhan-Uul Province
- Darkhan, Khentii, a sum (district) of the Khentii aimag
- Darhan Muminggan United Banner, a county level division of Baotou City, Inner Mongolia
- Horqin Left Middle Banner, also known as Darhan Banner
Kyrgyzstan
[edit]- Darkhan, Issyk-Kul, a village
See also
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