Chagatai

See also: chagatai

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Чагата́й (Čagatáj), from Uyghur چاغاتاي (chaghatay), from Chagatai جغتای (jağatāy), from Middle Mongol ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠶ (čaɣatay).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑːɡətaɪ/

Proper noun

Chagatai

  1. A male given name of historical usage, most famously borne by the Mongol ruler Chagatai Khan (1183–1242), second son of Genghis Khan and first khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a medieval Mongol and later Turkicized khanate of Central Asia (divided after the 14th century).
  2. An extinct literary Turkic language used in Central Asia and Bashkortostan between the 15th and the 20th century.
    Synonym: Chagataic
  3. (with article, collective) An ethnic group of Uzbekistan.
    Synonym: Chagatai Tajiks

Translations

See also
  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Chagatai terms

References
  1. Vladimir Babak, Demian Vaisman, Aryeh Wasserman (2004 November 23) Political Organization in Central Asia and Azerbaijan: Sources and Documents, Routledge, page 343

Further reading
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