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Definition of Jagatai
1. Noun. A Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
Generic synonyms: Turki, Turkic, Turkic Language, Turko-tatar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jagatai
Literary usage of Jagatai
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"He was a good linguist, »peaking French, German, Spanish, and jagatai Tartar.
He knew something of medicine and botany, was a fair draughtsman, ..."
2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Under the vigorous administration of jagatai the national idea became so prominent
that it has been preserved in the most durable form—that of language. ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1909)
"Under the vigorous administration of jagatai the national idea became so prominent
that it has been preserved in the most durable form—that of language. ..."
4. History of the Mongols: From the 9th to the 19th Century by Henry Hoyle Howorth, Ernest George Ravenstein (1876)
"... to report him to his mistress, the widow of jagatai, and as he returned a
somewhat saucy answer, which came to her ears, she was much irritated. ..."
5. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Under the vigorous administration of jagatai the national idea became so prominent
that it has been preserved in the most durable form—that of language. ..."
6. Russian Central Asia: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv by Henry Lansdell (1885)
"... as a branch of Tatar, •differing from jagatai in local expressions and
pronunciation, and said there was not so much diversity between ..."
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