Chagatai
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See also: chagatai
English
Alternative forms
- Chagatay, Chaghatai, Chaghatay
- Jagatai, Jagatay, Jaghatai, Jaghatay, Jaghatāy
- Chighatay, Chighatāy, Chighatoy (via Uzbek instead of Uyghur)
Etymology
Transliteration of Russian Чагата́й (Čagatáj), from Uyghur چاغاتاي (chaghatay), from Chagatai جغتای (jağatāy), from Middle Mongol ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠶ (čaɣatay).[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chagatai
- 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).
- An extinct literary Turkic language used in Central Asia and Bashkortostan between the 15th and the 20th century.
- Synonym: Chagataic
- (with article, collective) An ethnic group of Uzbekistan.
- Synonym: Chagatai Tajiks
Translations
second son of Genghis Khan
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extinct Turkic language
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ethnic group of Uzbekistan
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See also
References
- ^ Vladimir Babak, Demian Vaisman, Aryeh Wasserman (2004 November 23) Political Organization in Central Asia and Azerbaijan: Sources and Documents, Routledge, page 343
Further reading
- ISO 639-3 code chg (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Chagatai, chg
