Tarjan (en persa: ترخان; chino: 达 干; árabe: طرخان; deletreos alternativos Tarkhaan, Tarqan, Tarchan, Tarxan, Tarcan o Targan) es un antiguo título de Asia central utilizado por diversos por los pueblos Indo-Europeos (es decir, Iraníes y Tocarios) y altaicos (es decir, turco y mongol), especialmente en la época medieval, y destaca entre los sucesores del Imperio Mongol.Qarīb, Badr-az-Zamān. 1995. Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian - Persian - English. Tehran: Farhangan Publ.Central Asiatic Journal, O. Harrassowitz, 1993, v. 37, University of MichiganAgustí Alemany, Sources on the Alans, Brill Academic Publishers, 2000. Excerpt from page 328: " Abaev considers this word (lacking in a Turco-Mongolian etymology), as well Old Hungarian tarchan “olim judex”, borrowing from Scythians (Alans) *tarxan “judge” -> Ossetian. Taerxon “argument, trial”; cf. the Ossete idioms taerxon kaenyn “to judge” (+ kӕnyn “to do”) and tӕrxon lӕg “judge” (+l ӕg man). Iron ævzag Laufer, Berthold, "Sino-Iranica: Chinese Contributions to the History of Civilization in Ancient Iran, with Special Reference to the History of Cultivated Plants and Products", Harvard University Vámbéry, Ármin, "History of Bokhara from the Earliest Period Down to the Present", H.S. King & Co Frye, Richard N.;"Tarxun-Turxun and Central Asian History", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 14, No. 1/2 pp. 105-129 Han-Woo, Choi; "A Study of the Ancient Turkic TARQAN", Handong University
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