Khatun (Mongolian: хатан khatan; Persian:خاتونkhātūn; Urdu:خاتونkhātūn, plural خواتينkhavātīn; Turkish:hatun) is a female title of nobility and counterpart to "khan" prominently used in the First Turkic Empire and in the subsequent Mongol Empire. It is equivalent to 'queen' or 'empress', approximately.