khatunEtymologyFrom Persian خاتون (xâtun), ultimately probably from Sogdian [script needed] (γwtʾynh /xwatēn, xutēn/, “queen”) either directly or via Proto-Common Turkic *xātun.nameA surname.nounA lady or wife in certain Central Asian communities.“For example, according to Ibn al-Jawzi, thew wife of the caliph al-Muqtafi, Fatima Khatun, daughter of the Seljuq sultan Muhammad, could read and write.”