Persian · proper noun · Faith & Sacred History

Khutan

ख़ुतन

said khu-tan

also written: khotan, khotaan, khutun

Meaning

Khotan, the Central Asian land famed for its musk-deer; emblem of fragrance and of the dark-eyed beauties of Tartary.

Related words

The croaking of frogs; incessant prattle.

Musk; the dark, intensely fragrant secretion of the musk-deer.

China, in verse the land of fine painting and idols (the Chinese temple) and, with Khotan, of beauty and musk; emblem of the distant, exquisite East.