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Gürkan

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Gürkan is a Turkish surname and given name for males. The general meaning is a full-blooded (sanguine), lively person. The name is also associated with leo, hero and brave.[citation needed]

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Gurkan is a Persianized form of the Mongolian word "kuragan" (or guregen) meaning "son-in-law".[1] This was an honorific title used by the Timurid dynasty as the Timurids were in-laws of the line of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, as Timur had married Saray Mulk Khanum, a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.

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  1. ^ A History of the Muslim World Since 1260: The Making of a Global Community, by Vernon Egger, p. 193