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[Facts] Ziroatkhon
This is the name of the current First Lady of Uzbekistan, Ziroatkhon Hoshimova. Does anyone have any idea as to what her name means?
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This is a compound name composed of the elements “Ziroat” and “khon”. I believe “khon” is the Uzbek form of the Turco-Mongol title “khan” (хан, ᠬᠠᠨ) meaning “ruler, leader”. This is unusual, though, as most Turkic names ending in -khan are usually masculine.
The first element, “ziroat”, means “farming, cultivation” or “agriculture, crops” in Tajik (зироат). It is ultimately derived from the Persian or Ottoman Turkish word زراعت (zirâ’at) of the same meaning. Translations of the meaning into Uzbek don’t yield in this word, however.- https://ru.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/зироат (in Russian)
- https://imya.com/name/7502 (in Russian)
- https://glosbe.com/tg/en/зироат (in English)
- https://glosbe.com/ru/tg/земледелие (in Russian)
- https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/agriculture (in English)
- https://glosbe.com/fa/en/زراعت (in English)
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_(title) (in English)Hope this helps.

This message was edited 1/13/2018, 5:32 PM

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Thanks!I noticed that most -khan names are masculine. However, there do seem to be a few feminine ones, mainly ones with words that have meanings considered feminine (for example, the Turkish names Lalehan and Perihan are both feminine - lale means tulip and peri means fairy).
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