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Definition of Chagatai
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
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
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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