Definition of Chagatai

1. Noun. A Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).

Exact synonyms: Eastern Turki, Jagatai, Jaghatai
Generic synonyms: Turki, Turkic, Turkic Language, Turko-tatar

Definition of Chagatai

1. Proper noun. An extinct Turkic language spoken in Central Asia until the twentieth century. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chagatai

Chaenomeles japonica
Chaenomeles speciosa
Chaenopsis
Chaenopsis ocellata
Chaeronea
Chaetodipterus
Chaetodipterus faber
Chaetodontidae
Chaetognatha
Chaga
Chagall
Chagallian
Chagas' disease
Chagas-Cruz disease
Chagas disease
Chagatai (current term)
Chagga
Chagres virus
Chahta
Chaidari
Chaidario
Chaidarion
Chaim
Chaim Azriel Weizmann
Chaim Soutine
Chaim Weizmann
Chairboy
Chait
Chakavian
Chalan Beel

Literary usage of Chagatai

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cathay and the Way Thither: Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China by Henry Yule, Odorico, Rashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb, Francesco Balducci Pegolotti, Joannes de Marignolis, Ibn Batuta, Bento de Góis (1866)
"In the space of about one hundred and twenty years no less than thirty descendants or kinsmen of Chagatai are counted to have occupied his throne, ..."

2. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1878)
"quite the contrary of his brother Chagatai, who, says he, ... was one day returning with his brother Chagatai from a hunting party; the latter, who strictly ..."

3. A Manual of Musalman Numismatics by Oliver Codrington (1904)
"42° 4' N.; 68°11'E. Abbasid; Samanid ; Chagatai. Prefix jJj ; suffix ^Uj £>jj ... 29° 10' N.; 51°5'E. Mongols of Persia; Chagatai; Timurid. ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... Chagatai died in 1241, and was replaced by his grandson Kara ... About 1321; under Kabak, the realm of Chagatai was divided into two parts; ..."

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